My 98 E320 has been running perfectly. I just took a 1000mile trip from the Bay Area to LA. When I started the car to leave LA, it stalled. This happened several times. I waited 5 minutes and it started and ran. I drove all the way home without stopping. The next day, my wife went to the store. When she got back in the car, it started and stalled again. I went down and got it started and drove home.
The car runs perfectly otherwise. I got 30.5 miles per gallon on the trip. It has 61,000 miles on it with original plugs.
Should I change plugs, or something else?
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1984 300D 225,000 miles (hit and totaled by bad driver)
1987 300E 209,000 miles (donated to worthy cause, still going)
1988 300E 205,000 miles (still a daily driver)
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My 98 E320 has been running perfectly. I just took a 1000mile trip from the Bay Area to LA. When I started the car to leave LA, it stalled. This happened several times. I waited 5 minutes and it started and ran. I drove all the way home without stopping. The next day, my wife went to the store. When she got back in the car, it started and stalled again. I went down and got it started and drove home.
The car runs perfectly otherwise. I got 30.5 miles per gallon on the trip. It has 61,000 miles on it with original plugs.
Should I change plugs, or something else?
same problem with my 1999 E320 I am replacing the crank positioning sensor. Mine would stall while driving. I would let it sit for a few min. and it would start back up and sometimes drive for days until it would happen again. Got my sensor from All OEM auto parts for $76.00 Dealer wanted $125.00 my local garage is putting it in for $45.00. Dealer told me it was an 1 1/2 hour job. At $85.00 an hour labor you do the math. Some say it is a do it yourself too! but I don't touch electrical repairs. Good luck
There is a pictorial DIY in the sticky thread for this forum on replacement. It is not difficult and it's not really an "electrical repair", just replacing a part that has an electrical connection on it. From that standpoint it's like replacing a headlight bulb. You can find replacements on-line easily enough.
Sometimes they throw codes so you might want to have codes scanned to check, but often they don't throw a code anyway. Nice, huh?
Take care and enjoy the ride,
Greg
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It might also be the key going bad. Take spare key with you and see if that would solve the problem.
I replaced my spark plugs at 97k, what with new MAF gave me 15% better mileage. I think more due bad MAF, than plugs, but changing the plugs on 6 cylinders is not as bad as some picture.
CPS replacement at CA dealer is more like $500 job. You are one lucky guy Randall
Mine did the same thing. I would also get an intermitent "SOS visit workshop" message. Mine turned out to be the battery going dead. After several stalls (random days) it simply wouldn't turn over. I didn't think it was the battery because all the electrical stuff seemed to be working fine. I was doing research here on the crank sensor when I decided to see what would happen if I hooked up some jumper cables. Wouldn't you know it turned over and started right up. I replaced the batterry and never had another stall or "SOS" message again.
I just had the crank sensor replaced yesterday. My indie charged $90 for the part and $40 to put it in. Saved me the aggravation of doing it myself- pretty cramped working space.
Hasn't stalled yet, so hopefully no more probs.
You can find replacements on-line easily enough.
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