2020 S63 Amg sometimes won't start
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2020 S63 Amg sometimes won't start
Hey everyone, very excited to join this forum. I bought my dream car, 2020 S63 AMG about 8 months ago.
Although it's had it's issues, I still do love the car.
Though one of the issues is becoming more of a nuisance and was hoping to get some help here.
Periodically the engine won't turn over. Now this has happened 3 times in the last 8 months. The first time I was stuck, I called Mercedes Me said it could be a key fob battery issue. Luckily I was near a mall so I ran inside, changed the key fob battery and it worked! Then a few months later, same thing happened. While I thought that the key fob battery couldn't have died in a few months, I still uber'd to the nearest Mercedes, got my fob battery changed, uber'd back and it worked! Then a few months go by, and the exact same thing happened yesterday. But this time I was in my driveway and I tried both keys and it still wouldn't turn over.
I can unlock, lock the car. I can listen to the radio, use the bluetooth etc. But the engine won't turn on.
It's very frustrating especially because I need my car to drive meeting to meeting. I've been really fortunate it hasn't shut down in between meetings, and I'm hoping to avoid that.
This Friday, I have an appointment with the local Mercedes dealership to run diagnostics and hopefully get it looked at. They're not sure they'll be able to solve the problem.
So I was hoping to get some advice or guidance, especially if anyone else has faced this issue in the past and you may know what's causing it.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you.
Although it's had it's issues, I still do love the car.
Though one of the issues is becoming more of a nuisance and was hoping to get some help here.
Periodically the engine won't turn over. Now this has happened 3 times in the last 8 months. The first time I was stuck, I called Mercedes Me said it could be a key fob battery issue. Luckily I was near a mall so I ran inside, changed the key fob battery and it worked! Then a few months later, same thing happened. While I thought that the key fob battery couldn't have died in a few months, I still uber'd to the nearest Mercedes, got my fob battery changed, uber'd back and it worked! Then a few months go by, and the exact same thing happened yesterday. But this time I was in my driveway and I tried both keys and it still wouldn't turn over.
I can unlock, lock the car. I can listen to the radio, use the bluetooth etc. But the engine won't turn on.
It's very frustrating especially because I need my car to drive meeting to meeting. I've been really fortunate it hasn't shut down in between meetings, and I'm hoping to avoid that.
This Friday, I have an appointment with the local Mercedes dealership to run diagnostics and hopefully get it looked at. They're not sure they'll be able to solve the problem.
So I was hoping to get some advice or guidance, especially if anyone else has faced this issue in the past and you may know what's causing it.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you.
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Hopefully MB gets in the car and it doesn’t start for them.
Intermittent issues are the most frustrating for you and the tech.
We want to help but if the car doesn’t have a record of why it didn’t start the tech is left with “this is the most common failure for what you describe.”
Not a wild guess; but when the car is misbehaving for the dealer the tech will be able to follow what is not happening to something that looks more as a certain diagnosis.
Intermittent issues are the most frustrating for you and the tech.
We want to help but if the car doesn’t have a record of why it didn’t start the tech is left with “this is the most common failure for what you describe.”
Not a wild guess; but when the car is misbehaving for the dealer the tech will be able to follow what is not happening to something that looks more as a certain diagnosis.
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2001 S600 V12 Sold, 2011 Jaguar XFR Sold, 2017 S550 4-Matic, 2018 S63 AMG Sedan
Hey everyone, very excited to join this forum. I bought my dream car, 2020 S63 AMG about 8 months ago.
Although it's had it's issues, I still do love the car.
Though one of the issues is becoming more of a nuisance and was hoping to get some help here.
Periodically the engine won't turn over. Now this has happened 3 times in the last 8 months. The first time I was stuck, I called Mercedes Me said it could be a key fob battery issue. Luckily I was near a mall so I ran inside, changed the key fob battery and it worked! Then a few months later, same thing happened. While I thought that the key fob battery couldn't have died in a few months, I still uber'd to the nearest Mercedes, got my fob battery changed, uber'd back and it worked! Then a few months go by, and the exact same thing happened yesterday. But this time I was in my driveway and I tried both keys and it still wouldn't turn over.
I can unlock, lock the car. I can listen to the radio, use the bluetooth etc. But the engine won't turn on.
It's very frustrating especially because I need my car to drive meeting to meeting. I've been really fortunate it hasn't shut down in between meetings, and I'm hoping to avoid that.
This Friday, I have an appointment with the local Mercedes dealership to run diagnostics and hopefully get it looked at. They're not sure they'll be able to solve the problem.
So I was hoping to get some advice or guidance, especially if anyone else has faced this issue in the past and you may know what's causing it.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you.
Although it's had it's issues, I still do love the car.
Though one of the issues is becoming more of a nuisance and was hoping to get some help here.
Periodically the engine won't turn over. Now this has happened 3 times in the last 8 months. The first time I was stuck, I called Mercedes Me said it could be a key fob battery issue. Luckily I was near a mall so I ran inside, changed the key fob battery and it worked! Then a few months later, same thing happened. While I thought that the key fob battery couldn't have died in a few months, I still uber'd to the nearest Mercedes, got my fob battery changed, uber'd back and it worked! Then a few months go by, and the exact same thing happened yesterday. But this time I was in my driveway and I tried both keys and it still wouldn't turn over.
I can unlock, lock the car. I can listen to the radio, use the bluetooth etc. But the engine won't turn on.
It's very frustrating especially because I need my car to drive meeting to meeting. I've been really fortunate it hasn't shut down in between meetings, and I'm hoping to avoid that.
This Friday, I have an appointment with the local Mercedes dealership to run diagnostics and hopefully get it looked at. They're not sure they'll be able to solve the problem.
So I was hoping to get some advice or guidance, especially if anyone else has faced this issue in the past and you may know what's causing it.
I really appreciate any help!
Thank you.
