John94551

Hey all, when I went to pull my 2012 E350 Cab back into the garage this morning, it was as dead as Jimmy Hoffa. No lights. No radio. No gauges. Can't open the trunk. Can't move the seats. Nothing.
Any thoughts before I hire a flat bead to haul it in for service?

retvethogrider

What???? Jimmy Hoffa died?
Have you checked the battery? May just need a jump start and then, most likely, a new battery. Or you could just charge the battery to get it started. Or you could just go get a new battery and bring it back and install it.

Iman86

this happened once while i was at a hotel. the hotel sent their service guy and he couldnt jump it with those portable devices, so he had to use his Dodge ram to get the car started. I have no idea what drained the battery in a matter of hours, but it never happened again.

maybe you left the hids on...idk. that would do it.

Jump it then yeah, new battery.

John94551

Thanks for the feedback!! I still don't know why it died, but after trying in vain to jump it from my GF's Touareg because I couldn't get to the VW battery that was safely hidden under the drivers seat and not able to get the battery out of the Westy, I was resigned to buying a battery ... somewhere.
Then it occurred to me. Call Mercedes roadside assistance.
They were out within 20 minutes, jumped the dead battery and installed a new battery ... for FREE. Free ... my favorite 4-letter word
Thanks again for the suggestions!

retvethogrider

Now that is pretty cool. Hats off to MB.