Vehicles with rear wheel drive
Vehicles with front wheel drive
If the vehicle is expected to be parked up or out
of use for over three weeks, disconnect the bat‐
teries. This will prevent battery discharge caused
by quiescent current consumers.
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Vehicles with a battery main switch:
switch off the main switch of the battery .
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Vehicles without a battery main switch:
switch off all electrical consumers.
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Switch off the engine and the power supply.
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Remove the floor covering (
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page 299).
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Remove screws
1
and slide battery cover
2
in the direction of the arrow.
The screws must protrude over the larger
recesses.
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Remove battery cover
2
upwards.
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First loosen and remove the negative terminal
clamp on the battery so that the clamp is no
longer in contact with the terminal.
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Remove the positive terminal clamp cover.
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Loosen the positive terminal clamp and fold it
up to the side, together with the prefuse box.
Removing/fitting the starter battery
Vehicles with rear wheel drive: removing the
starter battery
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Disconnect the starter battery (
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page 299).
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Remove breather hose
1
with the connector
bracket from the connection on the degassing
cover.
300 Breakdown assistance
