misfiring.. "a know problem"???
been a member on here a while (sorry for not introducing myself earlier).
I live in the UK and have had my 63 coupe for about 2 months now (from new).
did the usual "run in" for 1000miles then just after that (first time driving hard, funny enough on the way to the dealership) on start up leaving the place, the engine was misfiring on idle (not too bad) after about a minute the CEL came up. fortunately i was outside my dealer where i bought the car so just switched off the engine left it for few mins then started back up and drove back in the dealership (no CEL or misfire). they plugged in the merc computer thing and it had thrown up a fault code on cylinder 1.
as it appeared to be all back to normal they reset the fault and asked me to keep an eye on it.
since then it has been perfect, no issues at all... until now.
upto about 1400m now and had been driving the car most of today. stopped at friends house, went out started and was running lumpy/misfiring but no CEL light. i cut engine and restarted, same issue.
left it for about 10mins then restarted. not problems at all and back to normal.
drove home (about 30mins) without any issues at all.
when the car was in the dealership the first-time with this issues (just after run in) they said there is a known problem and many owners had experienced the same thing a few times and on the merc internal network it states they are working on a fix (most likely software).
did some simple google check and there does appear to be other people with the same issues...
the car is going back in this week but just wondered if anyone had any comments or similar issues..??
any input would be very appreciated.
cheers
Ben
Last edited by B3NEJ; Jun 24, 2012 at 04:02 PM. Reason: typo
But my misfire was on all cylinders but one.first time i went in they changed one fuel injector and said the car was fine , when i went to pcik it up i had the cel light again and massive misfire.The second time on the dealer they replaced all fuel injectors and now the car is fine
been a member on here a while (sorry for not introducing myself earlier).
I live in the UK and have had my 63 coupe for about 2 months now (from new).
did the usual "run in" for 1000miles then just after that (first time driving hard, funny enough on the way to the dealership) on start up leaving the place, the engine was misfiring on idle (not too bad) after about a minute the CEL came up. fortunately i was outside my dealer where i bought the car so just switched off the engine left it for few mins then started back up and drove back in the dealership (no CEL or misfire). they plugged in the merc computer thing and it had thrown up a fault code on cylinder 1.
as it appeared to be all back to normal they reset the fault and asked me to keep an eye on it.
since then it has been perfect, no issues at all... until now.
upto about 1400m now and had been driving the car most of today. stopped at friends house, went out started and was running lumpy/misfiring but no CEL light. i cut engine and restarted, same issue.
left it for about 10mins then restarted. not problems at all and back to normal.
drove home (about 30mins) without any issues at all.
when the car was in the dealership the first-time with this issues (just after run in) they said there is a known problem and many owners had experienced the same thing a few times and on the merc internal network it states they are working on a fix (most likely software).
did some simple google check and there does appear to be other people with the same issues...
the car is going back in this week but just wondered if anyone had any comments or similar issues..??
any input would be very appreciated.
cheers
Ben
It appears to be more common than i first thought and glad that MB as aware of the issues.
Last edited by B3NEJ; Jun 25, 2012 at 08:09 AM. Reason: typo
thanks
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Apparently this is a quick fix. Just thought i would share this with everyone.
This morning, drove to work then left for a client visit a few hours later. Driving along the highway feeder doing about 45 MPH. CEL lights up and car begins misfiring badly. Pulled into parking lot, let the car sit for about 10 mins. Fired it up again - still misfiring badly.
Called roadside assistance and had the car trucked over to nearest dealer. Grabbed a loaner, carried on with my day, and waited for a call.
The service advisor called at 5 pm and said I was good to go. Called it a "random" misfire, but said they'd had a few other cases. When I pressed for more detail, she said it was nothing major and shouldn't happen again.
Now reading these really informative posts, I'm thinking about calling the dealer and pressing the issue to see if they will proactively pursue the coil pack fix. I feel a little disappointed that the service dept at a high volume dealer in a city like Houston wasn't very well-versed on this, but....oh well.
I drive back and forth between Houston and San Antonio on the weekends, and it would be a drag if this happened out in the sticks.



