I might suggest that your main battery might be getting weak. And yes it would probably be beneficial to run a diagnostic procedure on the car
—FT Sent from my iPad > On Feb 13, 2023, at 11:22 PM, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Folks, > > Well the 2002 e320 wagon with fries sucks today …. > > I drove it to the Kroger to get a dozen Valentine’s Day roses for the pretty > red headed woman … well, no good deed goes unpunished. > > So, I drove the hovercraft about 8 miles to the Kroger on the next island, > uneventfully. Last week, if you remember I replaced the key cases …. The > originals were busted up. When I bought the car, previous owners said key #1 > started the car and key #2 supposedly didn’t start but remote worked …. After > new fob cases and batteries, both keys would start and work the locks. So > after shopping the key would not turn … I got some errors, I assume on the > cluster but each time it would be different including maybe an r5 or r 3 but > maybe some segments of the lower right window in the cluster are out … by the > way, I couldn’t operate the big cluster display … odometer etc today … it had > always been dim but today nothing. > > I messed around with some stuff …. Lock unlock etc I also used a > screwdriver and put the shift selector in neutral etc … will a car such as > this start in neutral? > > I also located the battery under right rear seat … it’s a nice big one that > could run a 123 diesel …. And I removed and replaced all the fuses … are > there a bunch of blank spots in the fuse panel. It was dark, so that was all > I could do … I would have disconnected the battery but I had no tools or > Mercedes’ tool or first aid kit … just one screwdriver > > So I called the red headed woman and she brought me the other key which I > suppose I should have had in the car. Bingo it started up fine and I drove > home. Once home key number one still didn’t work and key two still works. > > Ideas?? > > One bit of back story … we had maybe five plus inches of rain and the car was > parked in 2-3 inches of water, but no more. Water never touched the car > except from rainfall. Everything was dry around the electronics … where is > the main ECU ? Passenger kick panel or somewhere around there? > > So far I’ve only replaced mechanical things … key cases, hood release and > windshield wiper … and am about to replace hood lift struts ….. maybe I > should just sell it to Floyd!! Or make him help me diagnose it with his fancy > Chinese computer! > > Oh, there was a box marked Motorola and Benz under the drivers side rear seat > …. What is that an analog cellphone? Can I just unplug all that without > disturbing the nannies? > > I know I need to replace all the fuses. > > This is a lot … call it the Valentine story. And yes, I gave her the roses 🌹 > at the Kroger. > > Xx rick > > _______________________________________ > 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
