Stuck EC / REST button light on...

Nov 3, 2002 | 04:52 PM

Enze6997

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From: Harm City, MD

E350 Coupe (2010)

Stuck EC / REST button light on...

I just noticed this yesterday... My EC light on the climate control is lighted and I cant get it to turn off... any ideas?

Also I have some noise when I make left turns? What can I expect the dealer to say the cause of this is?

Thanks
Ensey

Nov 4, 2002 | 12:55 AM

Mike T.

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From: Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada

2005 smart cabrio; 2008 Mercedes-Benz B 200

From page 155 in the manual - if the Economy light illuminates and will not turn off, you car has suffered a critical loss of refrigerant. Take it to the dealer and have it repaired before the hot weather comes

Nov 4, 2002 | 06:48 AM

Enze6997

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Well thats great.... First I loose 2 quarts of oil in one trip and now I have lost my freon.... grand So I can only assume that all of my steering fluid leaked out as well and that is why I have a noisy steering column

Nov 4, 2002 | 08:12 AM

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welcome to the world of Mercedes Benz

May 20, 2007 | 06:46 PM

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Crap! My wife's car has this problem.

May 21, 2007 | 06:24 AM

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I had this problem too..Just 3 days ago.. and it was driving me insaine. But then I STFF, and voila, i figured it out.. Actually going to recharge my freon.

May 21, 2007 | 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wizkid

Crap! My wife's car has this problem.

Eric,

Check where the leak is first before filling. Change the dryer on the evap at the same time.

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May 24, 2007 | 08:01 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sunil @ motorwerks

Eric,

Check where the leak is first before filling. Change the dryer on the evap at the same time.

Sunil, thanks for the heads up. I went by a local MB shop I just found out about and they loaded it up with dye. The valve where you hook on was leaking and they replaced the stem. I had only lost 20% of my gas so I might have a bad switch. He left me with a fully charged AC system with dye in it and we are going to watch and see if it was just a fluke or I have a bad switch. No way to tell on the switch since we had a billion codes set, THANKS MB USA for never clearing any of those for me.

He said the AC shuts down when you lose 40% of your charge. My light should have never come on and I am guessing a lot of people here have slow leaks like me and MB USA never caught it.

PS Nice to see you are up and running.