loss of control e 300 diesel 1995

[bigboy1964]

today i lost controll of my e class 1995 e300 the dash said els traction controll fault the enging and all electrics and the power stearing and braking all failed at 70 on the motorway. i made my way to the hard sholder put the car in park and it restarted any one know what faults to look for as i am scared to use the car till mb has a look but thats not till friday

 

[Bolide]

If the engine stops you'll lose power assistance to the brakes & steering though not immediately. It's extremely difficult to stop a diesel engine once running so I'd consider very carefully what happened and then find the fault from there

It sounds electrical but that should not have stopped the engine

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[television]

The ignition switch can do this,but as Bolide, on a diesel I dont know

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Failure of the fuel cutoff switch perhaps, or the electrical supply to it?

 

[Bolide]

There's no electrical supply to the fuel cut-off switch as it's penumatic

Unless there's an electrical shutoff valve in the fuel feed I don't see how you can stop a running diesel W124 with an electrical fault

This is like a whodunnit...

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[kth286]

It may be a 210 car

 

[brandwooddixon]

This might sound silly, but you don't have a heavy key ring do you? If I remember rightly your car has one of those fold out key fobs. There has been a post by another forum member whereby his ML would do this at random. He found that the weight of keys on his keyring was folding the keyfob and withdrawing the key from the ignition switch.

 

[BlackC55]

Broken earth stap?

 

[Bolide]

It may be a 210 car

I think you're right. Doesn't seem like the OP is moved to comment now

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[bigboy1964]

yes its a 210 changed fuel filter and partly solved fault but now it has difficulty starting turn the key and it dash wont go past srs light till you lock and unlock the car and turn the key upto 100 times

 

[dieselman]

yes its a 210 changed fuel filter and partly solved fault but now it has difficulty starting turn the key and it dash wont go past srs light till you lock and unlock the car and turn the key upto 100 times

There's your fault then, as Tv said. Ignition switch.

I still don't see how you nearly lost control of the car, you just lost engine power and steering assistance, which you don't need or get on the motorway anyway.

 

[television]

There's your fault then, as Tv said. Ignition switch.

I still don't see how you nearly lost control of the car, you just lost engine power and steering assistance, which you don't need or get on the motorway anyway.

I have been praying that you would soon answer some more, so many questions have gone unanswered and a lot on diesels

 

[dieselman]

I have been praying that you would soon answer some more, so many questions have gone unanswered and a lot on diesels

Oh Gee..thanks..!
Anyway, you don't need me, you got this one in one..

 

[Cosworth]

If the key you put in does not go past the srs light.

Sounds like you have a faulty ignition lock mechanism.

 

[aa1]

Was'nt there a recall on these ignition/steering locks a few years ago? AA

 

[television]

Was'nt there a recall on these ignition/steering locks a few years ago? AA

Not to my knowledge