Dogfish
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- Joined
- Sep 16, 2013
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- Location
- South of England
- Your Mercedes
- CL203 C220 CDI SE Sports Coupe. 2002.
Hi all.
Recently my car, a blue W203 C220cdi, has become difficult to start while in Park.
I have to switch off ignition, waggle the gearstick and try again. It is getting worse and takes several 'waggles' to get it to start.
I think it may be something to do with the white cable that comes out of the gearshift mechanism to the ignition switch as I had to move it to route some wires under and around it a few weeks ago. Issue started just after this so I may have buggered it up myself!
Question:
I have added this to the list of niggles to fix, inbetween the rain storms, before the MOT and trip to France at the end of the month.
Thanks in advance.
D.
Recently my car, a blue W203 C220cdi, has become difficult to start while in Park.
I have to switch off ignition, waggle the gearstick and try again. It is getting worse and takes several 'waggles' to get it to start.
I think it may be something to do with the white cable that comes out of the gearshift mechanism to the ignition switch as I had to move it to route some wires under and around it a few weeks ago. Issue started just after this so I may have buggered it up myself!
Question:
- Is there an adjustment process for this cable to 'normalise' it?
- Would there be any other switch or clever tech that I should check before pulling the rest of my hair out?
I have added this to the list of niggles to fix, inbetween the rain storms, before the MOT and trip to France at the end of the month.
Thanks in advance.
D.