Near Complete loss of electics whilst driving

[Chipstick]

Hi, this is my first post so hope below makes sense to someone.

My 2001 C220CDI avantgarde has an intermittant fault. This usually shows up about 2 minutes after start-up (and it's very precise as to the timimg - it always happens in the same place on the way to work).
I lose lights, wipers, indicators, a/c, radio etc. The engine keeps running and the interior lights come on. Does this suggest an alarm system problem? If I stop, turn off the ignition and restart it all comes back.
(Only) once the gearbox would not change out of second until I stopped and restarted.
It's intermittant - one week it happened 3 times, some months not at all.

Any advice on where to begin would be helpful - is it an MB garage only solution?

 

[television]

Hello and welcome.

This is electrical,possibly the ignition switch or something loose in the control boxes. what makes it worse is the fact that it only does it the once from a cold start,and this makes fault finding very hard, it could be an alarm fault, once again a bad connection somewhere

 

[MB TECH WARRINGTON]

Hi, this is my first post so hope below makes sense to someone.

My 2001 C220CDI avantgarde has an intermittant fault. This usually shows up about 2 minutes after start-up (and it's very precise as to the timimg - it always happens in the same place on the way to work).
I lose lights, wipers, indicators, a/c, radio etc. The engine keeps running and the interior lights come on. Does this suggest an alarm system problem? If I stop, turn off the ignition and restart it all comes back.
(Only) once the gearbox would not change out of second until I stopped and restarted.
It's intermittant - one week it happened 3 times, some months not at all.

Any advice on where to begin would be helpful - is it an MB garage only solution?

possible front sam fault

with reference to garage situation, a good indie or dealer highly recommended,

hope you sort this issue

 

[Chipstick]

Thanks for the advice - looks like a long haul to find the problem !

 

[television]

Thanks for the advice - looks like a long haul to find the problem !

Sorry that we have nothing else to offer, I still think that the ignition switch could be the thing causing the problem

 

[dave.robbo]

Try a different route to work!

It's just about feasible, that it's someones wireless router, or other electronic equipment?!

It's a thought, anyway, and you DID say it happens in the same place everyday!!!