E250 wheelspiniing - all systems started shuting down
E250 wheelspiniing - all systems started shuting down
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Dave J

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907 posts

295 months

Monday 20th December 2010
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sat there in the snow making slow progress up an incline, steady throttle, manual gearbox mode, esp turned off,

then the dash warns esp and abs deactivated !!, then tyre pressure warning deactivated !! and then the bumper sensor things ontop of the dash turn red - normally 2 little amber things, and a loud buzzer sounds.

car not too happy with a a bit of diff action and going sideways for sooooooo long ??yum

I pulled over and turned the engine off and on again, and all the warnings reappeared and the little red lights glowed and the buzzer sounded when i engaged gear

anyone experienced similar ??scratchchin

Edited by Dave J on Monday 20th December 14:23

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 20th December 2010
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In a milder form yes, just the 2 red parking sensor lights on the dash for me, no idea why but they went away of their own accord after 20 seconds or so.

Dog Star

17,539 posts

197 months

Monday 20th December 2010
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Snow buildup has caused parking sensor issues for me.

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 20th December 2010
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Dog Star said:
Snow buildup has caused parking sensor issues for me.
But normally when parking sensors are covered/obscured all lights light up, i.e. two reds and all ambers, sounds like the OP experienced what I did which is the pair of red lights on their own which is odd.

va1o

16,111 posts

236 months

Tuesday 21st December 2010
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It's a sensor issue fairly cheap to sort, will try and dig out a link tommorrow if I remember

Dave J

Original Poster:

907 posts

295 months

Tuesday 21st December 2010
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Car was having a fit when I drove to work this morning - all the warnings, lights and buzzers. I guess I found the secret AMG setting smile

Went out this afternoon and everthing has returned to normal. Stability and traction and ABS all Ok and no warnings or lights alit.smile

Dave J

Original Poster:

907 posts

295 months

Tuesday 21st December 2010
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thinking on ....... this may have co incided with all the snow that was in the wheel arches now melted ? and the sensor is now unobstructed ?