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Car Stalls and shuts off when idle.

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Old 04-03-2009, 01:15 AM
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Unhappy Car Stalls and shuts off when idle.
First my new tires suck....now my car randomly shuts off when idling...and sometimes it wont even start....it sounds like its gonna turn on then stops????
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Old 04-03-2009, 04:47 AM
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Whatever there's gas in...
I had the same problem; I believe there is a wave of this "virus" going around among the W220 community.

My money is on your Crankshaft Position Sensor I believe it's called..
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Is that expensive to fix?
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Had a whole big discussion on it here: https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w...ont-start.html
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Crank position sensor $40 at autohaus.com
might pay to change Air mass sensor too $134
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