Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 417)

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Practical hints
Batteries
̈ Depress the parking brake pedal.
̈ Open the trunk.
̈ Read and observe safety instructions
and precautions (
୴ page 279).
̈ Unhook the luggage cover in the trunk.
̈ Remove the trunk floor.
The battery for electrical consumers is
located in the right hand area of the
trunk (
୴ page 383).
̈ Use the 10 mm open-end wrench from
the vehicle tool kit to disconnect the
negative lead from negative
terminal
4 of the consumer battery
( ୴ page 413).
̈ Open the hood ( ୴ page 272).
̈ Use the 10 mm open-end wrench from
the vehicle tool kit to disconnect the
negative lead from negative
terminal
2 of the starter battery
( ୴ page 413).
̈ Remove the covers from the positive
terminals
1 and 3 ( ୴ page 413).
̈ Disconnect the positive lead from pos-
itive terminal
3 of the consumer bat-
tery ( ୴ page 413).
̈ Disconnect the positive lead from pos-
itive terminal
1 of the starter battery
( ୴ page 413).
Removing the batteries
Removing the consumer battery
̈ Remove the screws securing the bat-
tery in the trunk.
̈ Remove the battery support and
bracket.
̈ Pull out the battery ventilation tube
from the battery.
Depending on battery arrangement in
your vehicle model, the ventilation tube
is located either on the left or right side
of the battery.
̈ Take out the battery.
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