starting problem
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2003 ML500
starting problem
My ML 500 tries to crank untill it stops. It will not crank over..... Does anyone have any idea what this could be???
By the way its a 2003
By the way its a 2003
Last edited by JenniferS; Feb 9, 2012 at 01:04 PM. Reason: forgot year
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I replied to your other post. YOU ARE IN THE WRONG FORUM. You my dear have a W163 ML500(first generation), this is the W164(second gen) forum.
You also have not provided enough info about the problem, it can be any number of things. It can be a bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter or even the immobilizer not allowing the car to start because of a fault in the system.
You also have not provided enough info about the problem, it can be any number of things. It can be a bad fuel pump, clogged fuel filter or even the immobilizer not allowing the car to start because of a fault in the system.
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Myriad of things that could cause your issue. Some of the others are bad CPS or Cam position sensor, bad key, bad key sensor etc etc. Rather than just throwing parts at it and guessing I would have it correctly diagnosed by a dealer or an indy with the Star system and go from there.
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I noticed that when starting it started taking just a few sec. longer to kick over. Seemed worse when it was colder out. then I went out one morning to leave and it just kept trying to start. It would keep trying till it stoped on it own. It will not kick over. I can hear the fuel pump kick on, the shredder valve has a good flow of fuel so I dont believe it's a fuel issue. The battery has a full charge too. Really puzzled.
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I noticed that when starting it started taking just a few sec. longer to kick over. Seemed worse when it was colder out. then I went out one morning to leave and it just kept trying to start. It would keep trying till it stoped on it own. It will not kick over. I can hear the fuel pump kick on, the shredder valve has a good flow of fuel so I dont believe it's a fuel issue. The battery has a full charge too. Really puzzled.
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To Sosh there is no need to be nasty..... I thought this was a friendly forum to ask for advise And I'm not walking I do have other cars to drive.. Just thought I would ask others if they had similar issues and how they fixed it...
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I noticed that when starting it started taking just a few sec. longer to kick over. Seemed worse when it was colder out. then I went out one morning to leave and it just kept trying to start. It would keep trying till it stoped on it own. It will not kick over. I can hear the fuel pump kick on, the shredder valve has a good flow of fuel so I dont believe it's a fuel issue. The battery has a full charge too. Really puzzled.
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Not being nasty. Just wonder why you need so many guesses on repairing your ML. Just have the thing diagnosed correctly and repaired. As I said before there are a myriad of items that would cause your ML not to start.
