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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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C230 kompressor keeps going into limp mode

My car will put itself into limp mode when i try to accelerate hard. I then had to pull of the road and restart the car after this it ran fine until I tried to accelerate aggressively again also my bas ESP light turns on intermittently what could be the problem?
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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Need more info - maintenance history , mileage etc. Could be anything from bad mass air sensor to a bad coil pack.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 12:28 AM
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just under 130k just got the car like 2 months ago and thats about it.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 12:39 PM
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just under 130k just got the car like 2 months ago and thats about it.
It could be a combination of alot of things.If it were me I would check/change the plugs,check/change the fuel filter.Coil packs are probably getting a little long in the tooth as well as the mass air sensor.These are things that the previous owner "should" have taken care of as general maintenance.Until you can verify the status of these items you are throwing darts at the wall.
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C230 Kompressor ESP light problem

I seem to have the same problem but the only time the car goes limp as in speedometer at zero gear stuck on on gear an ESP light is on. it has 155 000 km. its a c230 kompressor year 2000. I changed the conductive plate and it was`running fine until the ESP light came on again. What could be the problemm?
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