jkelley

.... is what I'll be doing soon. Flatbed is on it's way way - first problem with her (save a minor rattle or two) & I need some consoling!

My '01 CLK55 just went belly up on me; pulling away from a stop light, felt like it was stuck in third gear. Pulled over, shut her off, restarted, all seemed well. No malfunctions shown. 200 yards down the road, the check engine light comes on. Pulled over again, restarted, no joy. Stuck in third gear, check engine light on - but still zero malfunctions.

Unrelated (I assume?) but interesting other problem. Got gas two days ago, auto shut off didn't, wound up with overfull tank. Fuel gauge was dead until I drove off a quarter tank, then seemed fine. Got gas noon time today, no over fill, but gauge only read 3/4 full after putting 15 gallons in. Ten minutes later, gauge popped up to full, seemed fine until tonight - while I was talking to the fine TeleAid folks, I was flipping through displays and settled on the fuel reading - and watched the display fluctuate up & down between 9.2 & 11.8 gallons. Weird.

Any thoughts on what went wacky?

Jim
MY01 CLK55
K2a, COMAND
Brilliant Silver/Charcoal-Grey
22,400 miles

Think of me tomorrow during my 160 mile commute - I'll be the depressed looking one driving a Chrysler minivan

Mach430

The gas tank problem is unrelated. It's a common problem, and they just need to switch out the sensor. Mine is currently on it's second broken gauge, and my sister just reached her first. (24000 miles, 14000 miles).

byip25

yup, gas gauge is a common problem. i spoke w/ my service manager and he told me it was a prob on clk and previous c class generation. luckily, mine has only done it a few times

B

CLK 320

Extremely sorry to hear about your problems. I sincerely hope that they are simple for the dealer to diagnose and fix. I wish you the very best of luck. You are a model of understatement and restraint, I would be furious.

rp430

I feel for you Jim.

It was a week ago today that I had my car loaded on a flatbed because of an EIS failure. I picked it up this morning, all seems fine and the sickening feeling went away as soon as I got behind the wheel.

I hope your malfunction is easily remedied and you get your car back real soon without any unforseen mishaps.

mbtech208

Problem 1- Electronic Transmission Control unit (ETC). Could be a failed transmission, but I doubt it.

Problem 2- Fuel level sending units. Dime a dozen.

jkelley

Problem 1 - Dealer says "internal transmission failure." Don't know how far into it they got today (they hadn't started as of 2:00pm, called at 4:00 with the "it won't be done today" message).

They're supposed to call me back tomorrow (yes, MB of Escondido works their service folks on Saturday) with more info & a projected completion date.

On the bright (?) side, I was able to swap my MY00 C230K loaner for a brand new (as in 24 miles on the odometer) MY01 E320 (Black on Black, just transfered to service yesterday for loaner duty).

Problem 2 - as expected, dead fuel level sending unit.

Ah well, life goes on......

mbtech208

"Ah well, life goes on"
Why can't all customers be as cool and calm as you?
I work Saturdays too, so MB of Escondido isn't alone.

jkelley

I get a kick watching my wife's reaction (she is dangerously close to being **** retentive when it comes to cleanliness) when I remind her - I bought my CLK55 to drive, not worship.

Same kinda look I get from car nuts when I don't panic over the little things. I work with a guy whose Boxster got bumped (at worst a ten minute buff out on the rear bumper) in the parking lot - I was honestly concerned that he was going to have a stroke.