[Guest (MBNZ)]

most likly its your starter how many miles on car?

 

[Guest (MBNZ)]

Re: most likly its your starter how many miles on car?

Car has only 107K miles on it. While I would like to think it could be just the starter, I sort of discounted that possibility because the car just quit unexpectedly and it had not been behaving that way, at all. <br> <br> To me, it seems a strange coincidence that the car decided to quit in the middle of traffic after the starter had just done its job for the last time only a few minutes earlier when my wife stopped for gasoline and a car wash. In other words, a failed starter would not cause the car to quit, so I'm still trying to figure out why that happened in light of the other symptom with the starter.<br> <br> Actually, I initially suspected that the car died on her due to the possibility that some water had gotten into the fuse box through the cracked fuse box cover, but I could see no sign of moisture in there. (Primarily, because once before, the a/c quit working for weeks immediately after she went thru the same car wash.) The current symptoms don't seem like an electrical issue, though.<br> <br> thx for the suggestion -- I'd welcome any further thoughts.<br> marty

 

[Guest (MBNZ)]

Re: most likly its your starter how many miles on car?

The problem is taking it to a mechanic to diagnose and fix takes time and money. Mercedes is quite expensive for this, I'll never do that again unless absolutely neccessary. If there's a shop near you that you can trust take it there and tell them what happened.

 

[Guest (MBNZ)]

Marty,<br> Take your dist.cap,let somebody start the<br> car,and see if the rotor turns.If it turns,<br> not your timing chain.Cross your fingers!