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I picked up my E500 today

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Old 06-20-2003, 10:25 PM
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Angry I picked up my E500 today

I picked it up, and on the way back the damn thing turned off again!

It later came back on, and then I went back out today. Now it DOES NOT TURN ON AT ALL! I drove it for a bout an hour more, and all that shows is the MB screen, then it just shuts offf and shows a black screen.

I guess of to the dealership again, this time a different one.
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Geeeeez...what a bummer. What is the build date on your car. If it a recent build I am really disappointed that the same problems are cropping up in the cars. We had these problems early but you would think they would be corrected on the line.
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Yes, it is a recent build. Also I just bought the car about a month ago. Overall I really love the car, but this problem is so frustrating!!!!!
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I hope that those of us getting replacement cars next month don't have to go through the whole process of getting the bugs worked out again. That would really lower my opinion of Mercedes-Benz. 8 to 10 months is plenty of time to correct flaws on the production line and pre delivery.
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Re: I picked up my E500 today

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I picked it up, and on the way back the damn thing turned off again!

It later came back on, and then I went back out today. Now it DOES NOT TURN ON AT ALL! I drove it for a bout an hour more, and all that shows is the MB screen, then it just shuts offf and shows a black screen.

I guess of to the dealership again, this time a different one.
This is what my tech told me to do for a temporary fix (reboot). You do this by shutting off the car, going to the trunk and opening the cover to the fuse box on the left inside of the trunk. Pull out fuse # 6 and put it back it. Fuse # 5 should be empty. I haven't tried it but that's what he said. He said that if I had the problem again (just got mine back today for the same problem today) that he would put in a new audio gateway.
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Thanks for the info STKLAW. I did it and now it works, and it hasn't shut off yet.

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