Guess that's the last time you'll get the fancy car. Far as jump starting 'new' cars with fancy electronics, far as I know it is still doable but the penalties for stuffing it up are har$her. There should be a section in the operators manual about this but *always* connect the positive ends first and then double check to make sure the + is connected to the + on the other vehicle and make sure you only connect 12v and 12v. This is where people have stuffed up and hence the bogeyman warns you about jumping new cars. Once + and + are connected and the voltage matches you may connect the - to the - but make sure that - don't touch + by mistake.
Hendrik who once connected a 12v ute to a 24v truck but because the truck was the one with weak batteries all that happened was that the lights on the ute got a bit brighter about the time I remembered that the old truck was a positive earth 24v creation from pommie land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> <<Yesterday I was allowed to drive the new E320 to the old nuke plant. When >> it >> was time to leave, one of my trainees could start his car and he asked for a >> jump. It was funny to watch him and everyone else that was nearby in the >> parking lot wonder what the heck I was doing when I was backing up towards >> the front of his old bomb.>. >> >> > Oh boy. This sort of thing is very dangerous with one of the newer can bus > cars because of the strong possibility of electronic damage due to voltage > spikes. You should have known better. As to the deactivation of the passenger > airbag with the seat empty, it's supposed to be that way. What kind of a > warning? > > My car has a very small warning lit up whenever the set is empty but it's > not in the instrument cluster. And of course, being a '08 model is an > electronic > generation or two newer. > > RLE > > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
