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Battery: Reading Out Condition

CAUTION:

Risk of injury due to unintended engine start on high-voltage vehicles!

  • Pay attention to the high-voltage system warning messages:
  • For procedures where the ignition must be switched off.

Procedure: 

-- Connect the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester. Refer to VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC TESTER, CONNECTING .

-- Select Diagnostic  mode and start the diagnosis.

-- Perform the vehicle identification.

-- Set and press Accept  to select "Work with Guided Fault Finding".

-- Switch to the "Special Functions" tab and select the following program:

-- Start the program using Perform test..  .

-- Continue the program sequence.

-- The following actions are derived from the test result:

Vehicle Diagnostic Tester result: Action:
"Battery is OK" No further action is necessary.
"Charge the battery" Charge the battery. Refer to BATTERY, CHARGING .
"Battery no longer meets the delivery quality" Replace the battery. Refer to BATTERY, REMOVING AND INSTALLINGBATTERY, CHECKING .
NOTE:

A functioning network connection is required for sending the diagnostic log online.