Battery, Preparing For Charging

Battery, Preparing for Charging

Procedure


Risk of explosion on discharged battery with visual indicator.

• If the visual indicator has no color or is light yellow, the battery may not be tested or charged. Jump starting must not be used! There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump starting. The battery must be replaced.

Before the battery charger can be connected, the following preparations are necessary:

• It is recommended that the battery be charged with terminal clamps disconnected.

• It is recommended to charge the battery when it is still connected on vehicles with a battery monitoring control module (J367). This is the only way to ensure the charging current is incorporated into the capacity calculation for the battery monitoring control module.

- Switch off ignition, switch off all electrical consumers and remove ignition key.

Battery in Engine Compartment






- Remove battery cover - 1 - by pressing release button - arrow -.

Vehicles without battery monitoring control module






- Loosen nut - 3 - a few turns and remove ground cable terminal clamp from battery terminal.

- Loosen nut - 2 - a few turns and remove positive cable terminal clamp from battery terminal.

• Disregard item - 1 -.

Continuation for all






- Connect the red cable clamp + - 5 - from the battery charger - 1 - to the positive terminal - 4 - and the black cable clamp - - item 2 - to the ground terminal - 3 -.

Battery in luggage compartment






- Release retaining clamps - arrow - in engine compartment and open cover - 3 - over positive terminal grip.

- Connect battery charger red charging clamp + - item 1 - to positive terminal grip - 2 - and black charging clamp - - item 4 - to negative terminal grip - 5 -.

Continuation for all

- Connect battery charger electrical system connector and switch charger on.

- Keep the hood or rear lid open while charging.