Driving along with gas gauge at 1/2 full - car suddenly stops running - or so I'm told - Wasn't in the car when it happened. Tried restart - starter chugs along for a few seconds it starts then immediately dies...

The car has just barely 1k miles on it - Anyone had this happen with their W211 (320)? What was the problem? My guess is ignition, which is pretty disappointing for a car that is less then two months old...

 

wow, im very sorry for that happening, thats very very strange, i havent heard of anything like this on a MB, only on Jaguars, where the engine completely failed, i hope its not that bac, and maybe just your gas guage was reading wrong, if you have the car, see how many miles youve put on that tank, maybe its really out, GL man, hope it turns out well

 

Fuel pump....

 

Im sensing a lemon coming on......................................

 

Don't even joke about that!

 

no, no one would joke about that here in any kind of a mean spirited way. but on the flip side, be prepared for anything with regards to protecting yourself. good luck, let's hope its something simple.

 

Yeah, I hope its nothing bad. I really love the new E Wagon, I am shocked something has happened so soon.

 

Me too, all our MB's have had rock solid reliability... I'll let you guys know tomorrow (hopefully)

 

if it is a fuel pump, make sure they replace the fuel filter also. when those pumps die, they often fragment a little and can dump some sediment into the fuel line, trapped by the filter, but on a car with 1000 miles, you want a whole new clean setup.

 

Dave, you now have 3 MBs? Wow! I need to catch up.

 

I have 3 Chevys!

 

Actually 4... we've had a 99 ML320 since it was new as well...

 

Maybe the MAS?

 

Could be, and, again - pretty disappointing... I'll find out today.

 

Yes it is, sorry to hear it. Keep us posted.

 

Any word yet?

 

When we got the car - the fuel gauge always read empty - so we took it to the dealer to see what was wrong - Tore out the entire interior to check the fuel level senders - they all checked out normal. Turns out the connection to the gauge cluster was loose - Problem apparently solved. This problem was actually the opposite of the original problem.

One of the fuel level senders died (after 900 +/- miles) and the gauge read 1/2 full when it was really empty. Very relieved that it was not a more severe problem!

 

I'd say that sounds like good news!!! Although it never should of happened...

 

to say the least. a brand new car just dies? thats just absurd.

it wasnt a failure of a large or costly component but the failure itself could have posed a huge problem to the driver. its about -5 air temp here right now and if i were stranded out on a country road that could be potentially very dangerous aside from being very unpleasant.

i think MB needs to start contracting there electrical components out to japanease manufacturers. :p

 

i can tell the future!!! im glad your car isnt in bad shape at all dave, congrats, it just sucks theyripped out the interior