Sounds like good progress! If you didn't get the start error message, I'll bet that means a relatively cheap fix. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 8:05 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got the computer (finally, I'm not sure what I do that makes it not > want to work, it might be the sequence of connecting cables) to talk to > the car, found a load of stored fault codes, cleared all those. It was > showing AAM and DAS faults per the writeups but I cleared them and they > did not reappear when I tried to start the car. Seems like the nannies > are talking anyway and recognizing the key codes or something. Got the > (one) key fob to talk to the car too and open/close locks, etc. so that > was interesting. It was a test buried in the menus somewhere, I went > through it and lo, things started locking and unlocking, hallelujah. > Somehow I think that thing is needed to make the car run right. I have > 2 plain keys with it too but the plain keys are maybe valet keys and > won't let it run fully? I don't know but I guess they will start it > when it decides to start. The key fob key is broken, came loose from > the hinge bit, will epoxy it back in there, but I have it on the ring > with the others so maybe it is talking to the nannies. I'm wondering if > that is the problem with the other ML, I only have the one plain key. > Not sure if 99 had all that mess with the electronics. > > Tried to start it, no start error code so that was good. Sounded like > the starter solenoid was engaging but starter not spinning. HMMMM. I've > had the charger on the battery to make sure the battery was topped off, > seemed a bit low I guess from sitting awhile, and while I was running > the tests as I had the switch on a lot. The charger when I finished was > showing the battery was low so I have left it on there. I'm wondering > now if the battery ist kaput. I'll try it tomorrow again, see if it will > start. If not I'll swap another one in and see if that might work. > Won't that be the shi*ts if it is just the battery. > > No interior lights come on so that is weird. I'll CHECK THE FUSES > tomorrow. Also the radio (it has the display screen and nav functions) > is wanting the code before it will work, I couldn't seem to find that in > the DAS program or anyway to reset it, it might be somewhere in all this > software I got, the maintenance stuff. Or does anyone know where I > might find it? There is no manual with the car, it was probably in > there somewhere but alas it is gone for reasons unclear... I'll ask the > kid if he has it somewhere. > > The kid said he was going on line to request a new title, I'll ping him > again tomorrow about it. I think he'll come through. (hoping...) > > The adventures of cheap Benzes! > > I did kinda go through the car a bit, it is actually very nice so I am > hoping I can get things working on it without having to dig into the > major electronics modules. If I do I need to get a hitch to put on it > too as it does not have one. The "Special Edition" was the last 163 > model run I guess, not sure what is particularly special about it, but > it is nice. > > --FT > > On 11/11/19 7:31 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > I sure hope this works out, could be an amazing deal. If he doesn't > > produce the title, may cost you another $90 or so to claim it as > abandoned > > and get the title issued in your name. Takes some time, probably need a > > deputy sheriff to run the VIN, send a registered letter. That was how > the > > tow yard had the title to my cabriolet. > > > _______________________________________ > 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
