help - sitting on the side of the road
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help - sitting on the side of the road
2006 S65 W220
leaving work. Car starts fine. 5 min into the ride home check engine light comes on. Lose power and pull over. Shut off the car. Won't restart. ESP error message...
what happened? What can I do?
leaving work. Car starts fine. 5 min into the ride home check engine light comes on. Lose power and pull over. Shut off the car. Won't restart. ESP error message...
what happened? What can I do?
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Does it crank? See if it restarts once it cools down
A car that won't restart when hot but starts normally when cool is classic symptom of a bad crank position sensor . Very common problem . About $200-300 for a shop to change out
If it doesn't even crank , it's not the cps
In that case, a weak battery or poor connection is more likely
A car that won't restart when hot but starts normally when cool is classic symptom of a bad crank position sensor . Very common problem . About $200-300 for a shop to change out
If it doesn't even crank , it's not the cps
In that case, a weak battery or poor connection is more likely
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Changing the CPS yourself is less than $50, takes fifteen minutes, can be done beside the road. Takes a 10mm 1/4"-drive socket, long extension and ratchet.
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There was no cranking... lights and radio all worked. The message was " Malfunction ESP, Visit Workshop"....
Had it towed to the dealer.. will have a diagnosis in the AM and update the outcome..
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Had it towed to the dealer.. will have a diagnosis in the AM and update the outcome..
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Wow, big hit- sorry to hear that.
Did a quick search on Ebay for the part- this came up but appear first three digits are different:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-06-Mercedes-ECU-1131532279-Bosch-261207709-113-/121622194924?hash=item1c513f6aec&vxp=mtr
Did a quick search on Ebay for the part- this came up but appear first three digits are different:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-06-Mercedes-ECU-1131532279-Bosch-261207709-113-/121622194924?hash=item1c513f6aec&vxp=mtr
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DISCONNECT THE MAIN BATTERY BEFORE DOING THIS... Before you jump to ECU fried. Take at look at one more thing, under the passenger footwell there is carpet, pull that back and you will see foam, pull that off and take the metal plate off. There is three nuts holding it on. Under the plate you will see a black box. Unscrew everything and pull it out, take it apart gently with a flathead screwdriver. See if any of the fuse links are blown. Same thing happened to mines and replaced it. Car works now but I did need a STAR reprogram.
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