SL/R230: Coil pack problem after front end collision!
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2005 SL 600,2002 M3,1993 Vette!
Coil pack problem after front end collision!
I could not avoid an full retread belt from an 18 wheeler that a van ran over in front of me on the Interstate.
I pulled over and waited for the police for about one hour with the car running and A/C on.
After the police report I drove the car to a better place for the flatbed to pick it up.
The car was running fine! Damage was to the front clip.
After waiting for a month for MB to repair the front clip I went to pick it up yesterday and it had a check engine light on.
I told the Service manager it didn’t have a check engine light on when it went on the flat bed.
My question is is it possible for a violent shock to the car that a coil pack would go bad?
That is what MB just told me on the phone.
The light shows a coil pack problem.
It is a 2005 SL600 with 27,383 mi
I pulled over and waited for the police for about one hour with the car running and A/C on.
After the police report I drove the car to a better place for the flatbed to pick it up.
The car was running fine! Damage was to the front clip.
After waiting for a month for MB to repair the front clip I went to pick it up yesterday and it had a check engine light on.
I told the Service manager it didn’t have a check engine light on when it went on the flat bed.
My question is is it possible for a violent shock to the car that a coil pack would go bad?
That is what MB just told me on the phone.
The light shows a coil pack problem.
It is a 2005 SL600 with 27,383 mi
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From: Northern VA
SL 600
I could not avoid an full retread belt from an 18 wheeler that a van ran over in front of me on the Interstate.
I pulled over and waited for the police for about one hour with the car running and A/C on.
After the police report I drove the car to a better place for the flatbed to pick it up.
The car was running fine! Damage was to the front clip.
After waiting for a month for MB to repair the front clip I went to pick it up yesterday and it had a check engine light on.
I told the Service manager it didn’t have a check engine light on when it went on the flat bed.
My question is is it possible for a violent shock to the car that a coil pack would go bad?
That is what MB just told me on the phone.
The light shows a coil pack problem.
It is a 2005 SL600 with 27,383 mi
I pulled over and waited for the police for about one hour with the car running and A/C on.
After the police report I drove the car to a better place for the flatbed to pick it up.
The car was running fine! Damage was to the front clip.
After waiting for a month for MB to repair the front clip I went to pick it up yesterday and it had a check engine light on.
I told the Service manager it didn’t have a check engine light on when it went on the flat bed.
My question is is it possible for a violent shock to the car that a coil pack would go bad?
That is what MB just told me on the phone.
The light shows a coil pack problem.
It is a 2005 SL600 with 27,383 mi
I don't see how a front end collision would affect the coilpacks, unless something got pushed back far enough to tear some wires/connectors. Or it could just be the luck of the draw that the coil went bad at the time it was with MB.
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From: Miami, FL
2003 CL 600
Coil went bad with age, just a coincidence. Do you normally drive the car slowly? Someone probably drove the car and stepped down enough to cause the coil pack to not fire properly, and set a code. If you have a weak pack, you can drive like a grandpa and be fine for years, but if you go full throttle it will drop out and set faults right away.
