I learned about False Hope after my indy tech "cleared" the CEL in my 2014 GLK 250. It was wonderful for a few days - I thought the problem had been solved - but then the CEL again illuminated and my hopes were dashed.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:45 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As far as I know the CEL is not an instantaneous status indicator. It > requires a certain persistence in a fault detection before it comes > on. Likewise, once the fault itself is resolved, the CEL doesn't go dark > (unless manually cleared) but stays on for some time (or some number of > engine starts). > > Allan > > Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > The ML500 was showing a CEL due to something in the fuel system, after > the low fuel light came on. It was intermittent. I’m guessing it was the > gas cap but maybe it was something else I don’t know. > > > > Anyway, the low fuel light went off but the CEL stayed on. I noticed a > coupla days ago the CEL resolves itself too. I was going to put the scanner > on it to clear the code but never did, so that saved me the trouble. The > nannies got themselves happy again. > > > > --FT > > Sent from iPhone > > _______________________________________ > 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
