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Practical hints
Batteries
Turn off the engine ( page 75).
Turn off all electrical consumers.
Remove SmartKey from starter
switch.
In vehicles with KEYLESS-GO**:
Open the driver‘s door.
Depress parking brake firmly or move
gear selector lever to position P.
Open trunk.
Remove trunk floor from right hand
side of the trunk.
The consumer battery is located in
the trunk on the right hand side.
Disconnect negative terminal from
consumer battery.
Open hood.
The starter battery is located in the
engine compartment on the passen-
ger side.
Disconnect negative terminal of start-
er battery.
Remove cover from positive terminal.
Disconnect the positive lead of con-
sumer battery and of the starter bat-
tery.
Removing the consumer battery
Loosen the screws that hold the con-
sumer battery in the trunk in place.
Remove battery’s support and brack-
et. Take battery out of trunk.
Removing the starter battery
Loosen the screw that holds the start-
er battery in the engine compart-
ment in place.
Swing the bar up and remove bat-
tery.
Charge batteries in accordance with
the instructions of the battery charg-
er manufacturer.
Reinstall the charged battery. Follow
the previously described steps in re-
verse order.
Disconnecting the batteries
!
Always disconnect the batteries in the
order described below, even if you
only want to charge the starter bat-
tery, for example. Otherwise, the ve-
hicle’s electronics could be damaged.
i
It is only possible to maintain the ex-
isting charge in the battery for elec-
trical consumers using the battery
charge maintenance unit
(
page 279).
Removing the batteries
Charging and reinstalling
the batteries
Warning! G
Never charge a battery while still installed
in the vehicle. Gases may escape during
charging and cause explosions that may re-
sult in paint damage, corrosion or personal
injury.
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