2012 C250 - No acceleration/power
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2012 C250
2012 C250 - No acceleration/power
I recently purchased a 2012 C250 that will be given to my grandson and several weeks ago the dreaded electronic steering lock gremlin hit. I replaced the ESL with an emulator and the car ran perfectly for a few days, but then one morning as I was going to use the car to run some errands, it started as usual but when I stepped on the accelerator...nothing. The car will only go about 5 miles an hour regardless of how hard the pedal is pushed. I'm assuming that it's in limp mode but I didn't get a check engine light for about 5 minutes and after shutting it off and restarting it, no more check engine light. I scanned for codes and there were none. My first thought was that it's the high pressure fuel pump so I ordered one and scheduled to have it replaced at an independent shop. I also decided to replace the accelerator pedal but that did nothing. So now the car is in the shop and I got a call today saying that there are no codes and the fuel pressure is fine. They're continuing to diagnose the problem but I thought I'd reach out to the forum to see if anyone has an idea of what might be going on. Any suggestions?
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Hi
Just wondering if you have presses the speed limiter function of the cruse control, button is on the end of the cruise stalk?
Just wondering if you have presses the speed limiter function of the cruse control, button is on the end of the cruise stalk?
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It started about 3 days after I replaced the electronic steering lock. The car starts and idles perfectly, but when I press on the accelerator, nothing happens. The car just creeps along.
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On my 2013 C250 if you have the cruise control set to a specific speed then cycle the ignition (for example, stop for gas), if you then select cruise control once the car is moving again it will select the previously set speed. One other observation, the cruise control will not set below 25 mph.
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On my 2013 C250 if you have the cruise control set to a specific speed then cycle the ignition (for example, stop for gas), if you then select cruise control once the car is moving again it will select the previously set speed. One other observation, the cruise control will not set below 25 mph.
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I recently purchased a 2012 C250 that will be given to my grandson and several weeks ago the dreaded electronic steering lock gremlin hit. I replaced the ESL with an emulator and the car ran perfectly for a few days, but then one morning as I was going to use the car to run some errands, it started as usual but when I stepped on the accelerator...nothing. The car will only go about 5 miles an hour regardless of how hard the pedal is pushed. I'm assuming that it's in limp mode but I didn't get a check engine light for about 5 minutes and after shutting it off and restarting it, no more check engine light. I scanned for codes and there were none. My first thought was that it's the high pressure fuel pump so I ordered one and scheduled to have it replaced at an independent shop. I also decided to replace the accelerator pedal but that did nothing. So now the car is in the shop and I got a call today saying that there are no codes and the fuel pressure is fine. They're continuing to diagnose the problem but I thought I'd reach out to the forum to see if anyone has an idea of what might be going on. Any suggestions?
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