HELP: 2008 C350 Car wouldn't start, a different issue??
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HELP: 2008 C350 Car wouldn't start, a different issue??
I will do my best to explain this. I have done research and led me to thinking it may be the EIS / Steering wheel lock issue, but apparently not?
Car ran perfect until one day, it was parked for few hours while it was raining (car has been through rain like any normal car..). I go to unlock my car, and does not unlock. I use my actual key to unlock the car, and the siren goes off. Car would not start at all. Tried jumping it, no luck. While later, door lights seem to work, car could turn its electronics on but no crank nor start. steering wheel was unlocked. However, I did get the car to start but lasted 30 second..with ABS/ESP Inop, Cruise control inop, etc.
We loosen the battery terminals to shut the siren off as it was getting annoying, and kept it loose. But we figured the siren has its own alarm, and we shut every door, trunk, hood to keep the car silent. I also couldn't shift gears with the electronics on..had to use the emergency button to put it in Neutral.
Also, throughout this whole car issue, whenever i tried to lock or unlock, the car would not respond for 20 seconds, and then all of a sudden you can hear weird clicking sounds with lights on and off intermittently and in a flash of a second. Then at random times, the remote would lock/unlock it as it normally would, but then would screw up again. It was literally at random times. It was friggen weird. There was no power for my code reader either, unfortunately. Car had been sitting for few days broken, so i tried playing around with it but no joy, same old symptoms as mentioned above.
Car got towed to the nearest authorised dealership (here in Thunderbay, Ontario, Canada). The service tech said, it was a wiring issue, my terminals were loose (which I told him I did that on purpose..). However, here is the catch. He said he had cleaned them out for me (even though i did not notice any corrosion) and he said the car started up fine. No issues. I believe he had said he had reset couple computers or such.
I'm picking the car up in 2 days and he said he'll keep testing it to make sure it doesn't die again until I pick it up.
Aren't these the symptoms of either an EIS failure or steering wheel lock issue?
The picture attached shows couple codes that were thrown (first 5). Thoughts, ideas? I have a feeling just 'resetting' the battery and the 'computers' won't stop it from happening again..
Car ran perfect until one day, it was parked for few hours while it was raining (car has been through rain like any normal car..). I go to unlock my car, and does not unlock. I use my actual key to unlock the car, and the siren goes off. Car would not start at all. Tried jumping it, no luck. While later, door lights seem to work, car could turn its electronics on but no crank nor start. steering wheel was unlocked. However, I did get the car to start but lasted 30 second..with ABS/ESP Inop, Cruise control inop, etc.
We loosen the battery terminals to shut the siren off as it was getting annoying, and kept it loose. But we figured the siren has its own alarm, and we shut every door, trunk, hood to keep the car silent. I also couldn't shift gears with the electronics on..had to use the emergency button to put it in Neutral.
Also, throughout this whole car issue, whenever i tried to lock or unlock, the car would not respond for 20 seconds, and then all of a sudden you can hear weird clicking sounds with lights on and off intermittently and in a flash of a second. Then at random times, the remote would lock/unlock it as it normally would, but then would screw up again. It was literally at random times. It was friggen weird. There was no power for my code reader either, unfortunately. Car had been sitting for few days broken, so i tried playing around with it but no joy, same old symptoms as mentioned above.
Car got towed to the nearest authorised dealership (here in Thunderbay, Ontario, Canada). The service tech said, it was a wiring issue, my terminals were loose (which I told him I did that on purpose..). However, here is the catch. He said he had cleaned them out for me (even though i did not notice any corrosion) and he said the car started up fine. No issues. I believe he had said he had reset couple computers or such.
I'm picking the car up in 2 days and he said he'll keep testing it to make sure it doesn't die again until I pick it up.
Aren't these the symptoms of either an EIS failure or steering wheel lock issue?
The picture attached shows couple codes that were thrown (first 5). Thoughts, ideas? I have a feeling just 'resetting' the battery and the 'computers' won't stop it from happening again..
Last edited by the_indian_kid; Oct 5, 2016 at 07:54 PM.
