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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / December 200601 E320 Liquid in the console
Have a 2001 E320, and soda was spilled down into the gear shifting unit. All the dash lights lit and the message was a warning to stop. I stopped, and turned off the car and now it won't start. Any suggestions? Steve, Same thing happened to me once. Transmission electrical module shorted out. $900. Makes one wonder why it is right under the drink holder. B > Have a 2001 E320, and soda was spilled down into the gear shifting unit. > All the dash lights lit and the message was a warning to stop. I stopped, > and turned off the car and now it won't start. Any suggestions? > Steve, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> stopped, >> and turned off the car and now it won't start. Any suggestions? It's a psychological experiment by the Germans. They are trying to train people not to drink in their cars :) > Have a 2001 E320, and soda was spilled down into the gear shifting unit. > All the dash lights lit and the message was a warning to stop. I stopped, > and turned off the car and now it won't start. Any suggestions? The same thing happened to a neighbor of mine. She spilled coffee. It was quite an expensive bill. She was furious. This design puts the coffee holder over major electronic control devices, without a proper liquid seal. I love Mercedes but this design is absolutely stupid IMHO. EJ in NJ >> Have a 2001 E320, and soda was spilled down into the gear shifting unit. >> All the dash lights lit and the message was a warning to stop. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > EJ in NJ Same happened to a friend. coffe spilled into the console of his 430 and the car shut down. I think the bill from Benz was around a grand. It is a stupid design but I can't figure why people need to drink (anything) or use the phone and drive. The module is not underneath the console... rather all those contacts that goes to the module are there... so when you energize all the contacts... yep... fried baby! |
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