Removing Your Battery Beware!

[Mr Teddy Bear]

For Those of us who carry out our own maintenance be warned that when you remove the battery you are unable to lock your vehicle!!!!
Mine is a 1998 CLK and this has just caught me out...................
No drivers door mechanical lock duh..................
TB
:roll:

 

[jberks]

You should be able to reach over from the passenger side and press the button down, then lock the passenger door.
Just beware of reconnecting it. On some cars, this causes them to lock - normally when you've left your only set of keys in the ignition!

 

[wireman]

The self locking on re connetion is common to MB, Audi and Porche, any thing that uses the Hella pneumatic central locking system.

 

[Mr Teddy Bear]

I thought about that jb, but assuming that worked and did'nt damage the sw;
how would I get back in???????????????????????????:roll:

 

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Cus there would'nt be a method of unlocking see?

 

[Lordjellybelly]

This all news to me. Does this only apply to later models eg 97 onwards?Does the more basic mechanism eg on my 96 E320 work differently?

 

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Look at your drivers door lock jelly, do you have a mechanical lock for the emergency key assuming you have an infared ignition lock?

Your very quiet Mr jberks ??

 

[Blobcat]

My W210 had the emergency key mechanical lock in the front drivers & passenger door. I opened it once from the drivers side (just for the hell of it)

 

[television]

I do not know of any MB without a tumbler on at least 1 door

 

[Mr Teddy Bear]

When I looked really closely, like from a couple of inches away, I worked it out. Still cant get into the boot though.......................