synchrocnc

I have just boght my first mercedes an E280 V6 auto ,it has 45000 miles and its a 98 model . I bought it from my local mercedes main agent with 12 months warranty .

I took delivery of the car on friday 17/01/03 and all seemed well until about 2 miles down the road when the engine stalled exiting a junction , I thought it was strange but it restarted first time . The car then stalled again 6 miles later while doing 70mph on cruise control , I pulled over and the car wouldn't restart . when it cut the second time the only indication was the BAS/ESR light came on and no other warnings , the main dealers service manager asked me to wait 5 minutes and try it again , I did and it restarted again and lasted 1/2 a mile more , the engine would crank at good speed but not fire . The car was recovered to the dealer and I'm now driving an courtesy A160 which is supprisingly good .

I would like to know if anyone has had the same fault , I hillclimb race a mini which I built so I am quite technical and would like to know . I cant belive my first merc lasted 8 miles !!!!!!

I live in england and any help would be apreceated .

Many thanks Alan

johnny's E320

I'm sorry that I don't have a response, only that the English have problems like this...not the Germans.

Are you sure you didn't purchase a Jaguar?

Good luck with your E280.

John in San Francisco, CA

synchrocnc

No , i'm sure it had a three pointed star on the front , its hard to belive this has happened really . I do about 40-50000 miles a year and have had 4 nissan primera's that must have done 250000 miles between them and none of those ever let me down !

II hope MB can sort this out , otherwise I think it could be a frustrating relationship between myself and MB . Watch this space !

Alan

Mitias

I would not get too frustrated just yet. I am also new to MB and have had some initial problems with my purchase. Given that the car is not brand new, it is not unlikely that something could go wrong. It might take some time to get the kinks out of it and get it to where you are running smoothly. It is unfortuneate that some people purchase fine automobiles and do not attend to them like those who frequent this board and others like it. After some TLC and a few minor repairs, My MB is running well and the relationship is getting better. The more you drive the car the more you learn about what it can do. I had this experience with my 525 and after a while, I could "feel" and/or "sense" if something was wrong. That is what is so nice about these German autos. My advice is just be patient and you will get through this. I hope that your experience turns favorable.

Good Luck



Peter

synchrocnc

Thanks for your kind words , I hoped to be impressed and I'm not yet . MB have been working on it for 1 1/2 days now and its cut out at least 3 times on them but they still dont know what the problem is .apparantly each time its cut they had the diagnostics connected and there were no errors , now I'm just a humble service engineer but it does scream out engine ECU to me ! watch this space.

rp718

It does seem that the problem lies in the ECU, or "brain". If there was a fault elsewhere, the ECU would have detected it. Since there were no faults recorded, it seems logical that the ECU itself is faulty. Maybe you'll get some new parts out of this. I could see them replacing the fuel pump and filter, ignition switch, plug wires and vacuum lines before they even look at the ECU.

synchrocnc

Great news , my E280 is fixed !!!!!!!

It took MB 10 days to do it on warranty but at least I have my first MB to drive

The fault was a faulty crankshaft sensor and the reason they couldn't trace it was that it did not show on the diagnostics , after lengthly conversations to the service manager we concluded that the sensor must have either worked fine or not at all because if it would have started to miss pulses then it would have shown on the diagnostics .

Any way i'm now enjoying my W210 very much , I cant belive what i've been missing !!!!

Thanks for the help guys

Alan

Mitias

Great News.

I have just started to get used to mine. It Grows on you. I have been driving a 525 for years and thought I could never make the switch. However, things are changing. The more I drive it the more I like it. I started to drive the car in the "s" mode instead of "w" and have had a ball.

Enjoy.