I got this car 4 years ago, but do not do a high mileage, currently the C350 has only done 16,500 miles, I only do around 3,000 miles a year.
Last year in August 2013 the car would not start, I have extended Warranty with Mercedes, so they took the car to Chichester and replaced the battery. Everything has been great since then and it is the best Mercedes (out of 5 previous Mercedes) that I have had, but on Sunday 9th Feb 2014 it would not start. It displayed a message "Restraint System Malfunction" then went dead, the wing mirrors wouldn't even pull in. So I called Mercedes, they tested the battery, it failed on their test, so they took the car away again to Chichester, who are today charging the battery and will inform me later today what they find.
But my question is, as this is a Gell Solution battery, is this going to keep on happening?. I understand you cannot trickle charge one of these batteries, it has to be done by a Dealership.
My wife has a Mini Cooper, which also does a low mileage, but the Mini displays a message "battery low", which then allows you to trickle charge, we also now have a solar trickle charger on all the time. so it always starts.
So what can I do in the future?, or is there a fault in the car?, can anyone help?.
Last year in August 2013 the car would not start, I have extended Warranty with Mercedes, so they took the car to Chichester and replaced the battery. Everything has been great since then and it is the best Mercedes (out of 5 previous Mercedes) that I have had, but on Sunday 9th Feb 2014 it would not start. It displayed a message "Restraint System Malfunction" then went dead, the wing mirrors wouldn't even pull in. So I called Mercedes, they tested the battery, it failed on their test, so they took the car away again to Chichester, who are today charging the battery and will inform me later today what they find.
But my question is, as this is a Gell Solution battery, is this going to keep on happening?. I understand you cannot trickle charge one of these batteries, it has to be done by a Dealership.
My wife has a Mini Cooper, which also does a low mileage, but the Mini displays a message "battery low", which then allows you to trickle charge, we also now have a solar trickle charger on all the time. so it always starts.
So what can I do in the future?, or is there a fault in the car?, can anyone help?.
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