Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual
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Practical hints
Jump starting
The battery is located on the right side of
the engine compartment. For jump start-
ing, use the terminals in front of the bat-
tery.
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Make sure the two vehicles do not
touch.
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Turn off all electrical consumers.
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Apply parking brake.
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Shift gear selector lever to position P.
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Open the hood (
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Flip up cover from positive under hood
terminal
2 in front of the filter box
1 Positive terminal of charged battery
2 Positive under hood terminal in front of
discharged battery
3 Negative under hood terminal in front
of discharged battery
4 Negative terminal of charged battery
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Connect the positive terminal
1 of the
charged battery with the positive under
hood terminal
2 in front of the filter
box with the jumper cable. Clamp cable
to charged battery
1 first.
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Start engine of the vehicle with the
charged battery and run at idle speed.
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Connect the negative terminal
4 of
the charged battery with the negative
under hood terminal
3 in front of the
filter box with the jumper cable. Clamp
cable to charged battery
4 first.
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Start the engine of the disabled vehi-
cle.
You can now turn on the electrical con-
sumers. Do not turn on the lights under
any circumstances.
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Remove the jumper cables first from
the negative terminals
3 and 4 and
then from the positive terminals
2
and
1.
You can now turn on the lights.
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Have the battery checked at the near-
est authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
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Keep flames or sparks away from battery.
Do not smoke.
Observe all safety instructions and precau-
tions when handling automotive batteries
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Never invert the terminal connections.
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Do not tow-start the vehicle.