216 Vehicle care
3. Switch off ignition and all electrical
consumers.
4. Wait four minutes.
5. PHEV: Open the armrest.
6. PHEV: Detach the floor.
7. PHEV: Release and remove
connector from negative terminal.
8. Open the bonnet, close all doors
and lock the vehicle.
9. Lift the plastic cover of the vehicle
battery's positive terminal in the
engine compartment.
10. Raise the lever fully and remove
clamp from the terminal.
Anti-theft alarm system 3 21.
Storage PHEV / BEV up to four
weeks
Plug in the charging cable.
Storage PHEV / BEV up to twelve
months
● Discharge the high voltage
battery until 30 percent remain on
the battery range indicator
(battery symbol) on the Driver
Information Centre.
● Do not plug in the charging cable.
● Always store the vehicle in a
place with temperatures between
-10 °C and 30 °C.
● Vehicle storage at extreme
temperatures may cause
damage to the high voltage
battery.