How old is your battery. My folks had the same problem on the E320. Dealer
diagnosed bad battery, even though it started the car just fine.
Original battery. I'm expecting to replace it this winter (-20F temps)
but thus far it perfoms well. What is the life of a typical MB OEM battery?
Boden
> How old is your battery. My folks had the same problem on the E320. Dealer
> diagnosed bad battery, even though it started the car just fine.
Tiger - 17 Oct 2006 21:18 GMT
Usually about 5 years. It may perform well like my folks' car... but in the
end, dealer diagnosed bad battery... weak battery causing the same symptoms
as you described.
Richard Sexton - 18 Oct 2006 05:33 GMT
>Original battery. I'm expecting to replace it this winter (-20F temps)
>but thus far it perfoms well. What is the life of a typical MB OEM battery?
Dpends how they're treated. If they're not discharged all the way ever they'll
last longer than if they're not. I've heard 7 year old ones working byt beyond
that is really rare.
The inviolate rule of thumb is "If you never have a battery older than
5 years you'll never have to worry about the battery".
Exceptions to this rule are just that - exceptions.

Signature
Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org
Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org
1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net
633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net