So what year is this car? Sent from my iPhone
> On May 20, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Those error codes are disturbingly wide reaching. > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Car died on the youngster the other night. Fortunately it was a block >>> away from the house, all downhill. >>> >>> Same issue as before, cranks, fires, starts, dies as soon as you release >>> the key. >>> >>> I went into the "coffin" and replaced the four 10 amp fuses on the >>> diagnostic module. Car started right up and ran fine. >>> >>> Quickly pulled it into the driveway and got my DAS system on it. It >>> showed the following codes: >>> >>> It acts like there's some sort of voltage problem, like the voltage is >>> dropping when the key is released, which makes the electrical stuff wonky. >>> The codes sort of point at this too. >>> >>> I'm not sure if maybe the fuses were bad/old/cracked/marginal, whatever. >>> I told him to drive the Mazda 6 to school and when he got home to drive >>> the S500. I cleared the codes so it will be interesting to see what, if >>> anything, comes up later. >>> >>> Hopefully this put an end to the issue. >>> >>> CHANGE THE FUSES!! >> >> >> Well, the whole frickin POS is dependent on electrons to run. It is to >> be expected that some electrons will go AWOL. >> >> How about you install a battery backed up regulated power supply (isolated >> from the rest of the electrical systems) just to keep the little computer >> happy >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
