Car Review 2013

1. Raise the hood and loosen the nut on your negative battery cable using a wrench. Set the cable aside, making sure it doesnt touch the positive terminal.
2. Open the door you wish to remove the outer handle from. Pry up the trim cover from around the inside door handle with a flathead screwdriver.
3. Remove the cover on the screw in the inner door handle well.
4. Remove all the screws with a Phillips-head screwdriver that you can find on the inside door panel.
5. Pry loose the inside door panel using a flathead screwdriver. Reach behind the panel and unplug all electrical connections.
6. Unpeel the waterproof plastic behind the panel.
7. Loosen and remove the two bolts attached to the handle using a socket wrench..
8. Position yourself on the outside of the vehicle and pull the handle from the door. For the back doors, you are done. On the front doors, unclip the rod from the handle and then turn the handle to release it

1. Adjust the Mercedes telescoping steering wheel to the maximum extended position (maximum out position).
2. Move the front drivers seat to the rear-most position.
3. Disconnect the negative battery cable by loosening the retaining nut on the negative battery cable clamp and sliding the clamp off the battery terminal.
4. Remove the screws on the underside of the instrument panel cluster that hold the instrument cluster cowl in place and remove the cowl.
5. Remove the four screws holding the instrument cluster in place and remove the instrument cluster from the dash. Make sure to remove the electrical connectors from the back of the instrument cluster before trying to completely remove the cluster.
6. Turn the ignition key to the I position and remove the electrical plug in the back of the ignition switch. The switch should be exposed now that the cowl and instrument cluster have been removed. You will access the plug from the top of the ignition switch and cylinder assembly.
7. Loosen, but do not remove, the Allen bolt on top of the ignition cylinder that mates with the steering column using an Allen wrench.
8. Remove the two 13 mm bolts on top of the steering column. This will allow the steering column to drop down roughly 3 inches so that you can access the release button for the ignition switch.
9. Press the release button on the steering column where the ignition cylinder enters the column.
10. Turn the key to the I position and remove the ignition cylinder and switch assembly by pulling it out of the steering column.
11. Remove the ignition wiring from the back of the ignition switch and cylinder assembly by pressing down on the release tab on the electrical connector and pulling it off the switch.

1. Open the hood of your car and examine the area where the front grills are installed.
2. Remove the mounting screws if there are any visible at the top of the kidney grills. If there are plastic clips visible instead of screws, insert the flathead screwdriver between the clip and the surface and gently pry up to pop the grill out.
3. Slowly pull the grill out of place after you have unclipped it or unscrewed the mounting hardware.