Reply With QuoteUnfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) we in the USA aren't sold these
new CDI diesels.
As they are electronically controlled your description leads me to
believe there's an intermittent electrical problem in the fuel control
system. A bad sensor or relay - something like that.
Gas powered cars have a fuel pump relay that powers their electric fuel
pumps. The relays get "tired" many years and become intermittent - and
the cars behave much like yours does.
Your new car has what's known as an "infant failure" an electronic
component that's simply bad - the challenge is to find it - fortunately
the car is under warranty so M-B can pay for all the wrong guesses and
extra parts.
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- 10-17 07:27 PM #1paulo_ncGuest
breaking down
Does anyone knows what could make a 2003 brand new diesel CLK breaking down
very often?
Tkx
Realizing that this malfunction may be unusual, here is the breakdown record
since the last intervention by Mercedes Europa on 9th Sep 2003:
BREAKDONWS RECORD
(Mercedes CLK 270 CDI)
(automatic gear)
Day
hour
Local
Speed ([1]) (km/h)
Km already runned that day
Remarks
13 Sep
1725
Amsterdam
20
230
Engine suddenly stopped when running slowly to stop at a stop signal.
20 Sep
1320
Bxl - Av. FD Roosevelt
10
10
Engine suddenly stopped when braking to stop at a crossroad.
23Sep
1840
Bxl - Blv Woluwé
40
25
When accelerating the engine broke down for 1 second and restarted by
its own
29 Sep
1815
Bxl - Blv Woluwé
10
18
Engine suddenly stopped when running slowly on a jammed traffic line.
6 Oct
1825
Bxl - Blv Woluwé
20
25
Engine suddenly stopped when waiting to cross the road
7 Oct
1240
Rue Froissard
10
20
Engine suddenly stopped when running slowly
7 Oct
1350
Blv Tervuren
10
25
Engine suddenly stopped when running slowly to stop at a stop signal.
Remarks:
1.. After each breakdown the car restarted normally
2.. Breakdowns at crossroads are potentially dangereous
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- 10-18 02:21 AM #2T.G.Guest
Re: breaking down
- 10-18 12:13 PM #3paulo_ncGuest
Re: breaking down
Thank you very much for your opinion.
Paul
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- 10-18 12:31 PM #4HouseGuest
Re: breaking down
Too low idling speed being set ??
paulo_nc wrote:
- 10-18 12:38 PM #5HouseGuest
Re: breaking down
These new generation diesels are excellent engines & i'll prefer these
to the petrol engines, whether with Kompressor or whatever !
Overall i consider it as good if not superior to the petrol versions.
T.G. Lambach wrote:
- 10-18 04:06 PM #6miknikGuest
Re: breaking down
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:27:51 +0200, "paulo_nc" <com>
wrote:
Engine cutting out, I would get your injector leak off checked by your
dealer. All the pumps on CDI engines are engine driven, not electric.
Sounds to me like you have a fuel delivery problem and have seen
several CDI's with similar symptoms which turned out to be injector
problems.
Good job its under warranty, cos those injectors ain't cheap...
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