foreyes

My 2003 E500 suddenly quit running while driving about 45 mph, in light rain. The engine just quit suddenly with no stuttering or hesitation and I had to pull over. It cranks just fine now but will not start. No warning lights, about 1/2 tank of gas. Any thoughts?

Benz-O-Rama

Smart money is on the crank position sensor.

foreyes

That was my first guess too.

PlatinumPi4u

How many miles?

The previous owner on my 95kmi e500 replaced this at about 60k....

djmallya

Yup! Same thing happened to me at traffic light.

foreyes

115,000 miles.

foreyes

It was the crank position sensor. $102 part.

ALLDATAdiy INFO

Did you pull any codes on it?

Benz-O-Rama

$102.00, plus my diagnostic fee. I'll send paypal info.

foreyes

I owe you one, Benz-O-Rama!! Love your cars! I really dig that you tuned your E500 to run 13s.

Benz-O-Rama

Thanks, yeah...mid 13's is pretty good for that car.

For your viewing pleasure:

This was right after I installed headers in my buddy's driveway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5cy5ZIELM0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0vO..._order&list=UL


And you can see the SL600 run the 1/4 mile in link in my sig.

starbrite

Danger, Will Robinson, danger !!