OK folks, I'm in need of some help. I just recently bought a 1995 E300D with 145,000 miles on it. It's in good shape, and I love it, but it's starting to make me crazy. I've had a few unexpected mechanical issues, and now I have a new electrical issue.
I've had some intermittent electrical gremlins (i.e. Sunroof won't close, Windows won't operate, etc), but these have always gone away within a few minutes and everything went back to normal. Today, however, my car just won't start. All the lights and switches work, but when I go to start it...nothing. No clicks, no whirs, and definitely no activation of the starter motor.
I replaced all the fuses about 5 days ago, and everything worked fine after that. I drove it daily for those 5 days without any electrical gremlins. I ran to the store last night, and apparently didn't get the trunk latched, so I'm guessing the trunk light ran all night and drained the battery. However, the battery still showed 12+ volts this morning, and I wasn't able to jumpstart it either. I pulled the battery and charged it for several hours, but the car still wouldn't start after reinstalling the battery.
I'm pretty sure it's not battery related, and all the torpedo fuses look good. I went through the Forum looking for ideas, and the 10A fuse on the OVP is good. I also tried starting the car in Neutral in case the NSS was bad, but still no luck.
Any ideas as to why the starter won't engage?? And why something failed so abruptly??
I've had some intermittent electrical gremlins (i.e. Sunroof won't close, Windows won't operate, etc), but these have always gone away within a few minutes and everything went back to normal. Today, however, my car just won't start. All the lights and switches work, but when I go to start it...nothing. No clicks, no whirs, and definitely no activation of the starter motor.
I replaced all the fuses about 5 days ago, and everything worked fine after that. I drove it daily for those 5 days without any electrical gremlins. I ran to the store last night, and apparently didn't get the trunk latched, so I'm guessing the trunk light ran all night and drained the battery. However, the battery still showed 12+ volts this morning, and I wasn't able to jumpstart it either. I pulled the battery and charged it for several hours, but the car still wouldn't start after reinstalling the battery.
I'm pretty sure it's not battery related, and all the torpedo fuses look good. I went through the Forum looking for ideas, and the 10A fuse on the OVP is good. I also tried starting the car in Neutral in case the NSS was bad, but still no luck.
Any ideas as to why the starter won't engage?? And why something failed so abruptly??