Engine Starter Relay?
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
From: West Sussex
Mercedes CL500
Engine Starter Relay?
CL500 / 2002
My ignition key will hold over in the starting position, which suggests that authority to start has been given, but 9 times out of 10 the sarter motor does not run, so no start. When the starter does turn the engine starts immediately and runs perfectly. Is there a STARTER RELAY somewhere in the fuse boxes that may need replacing?
My ignition key will hold over in the starting position, which suggests that authority to start has been given, but 9 times out of 10 the sarter motor does not run, so no start. When the starter does turn the engine starts immediately and runs perfectly. Is there a STARTER RELAY somewhere in the fuse boxes that may need replacing?
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
From: West Sussex
Mercedes CL500
The point to notice is that the starter moter does not turn at all while the engine is miss- behaving. But that the engine starts well as soon as the starter moter agrees to turn.
And I do have a new fully charged battery.
The car just sits there quietly with the key held in start and nothing happening, then after 4 or 5 attemps it roars into life.
Very strange!
And I do have a new fully charged battery.
The car just sits there quietly with the key held in start and nothing happening, then after 4 or 5 attemps it roars into life.
Very strange!
