Please please help Crossfire Dead
Please please help Crossfire Dead
Hello Everyone,
I was driving my crossfire yesterday to the supermarket which is about 7 miles from my house. When I was done shopping I started the car to drive home and about 2 minutes later the battery light came on, I didn't think anything of it but when I got on my street I saw the temp needle rising fast to overheat. I was right at my driveway so I quickly pulled in and stopped the car. The whole time the car felt like it had no power.
This morning I had my father come over and when he open the hood the is when I became really really nervous. He said the belt was completely off and he saw 2 black rings at the bottom of the engine pan. Now I am really scared.
My question is does anyone know what could of happened and is this covered under the 7 year 70,000 mile warranty that the dealer told me it had.
Ohh sorry by the way my car is an 04 with 41K miles.
Thanks everyone
I was driving my crossfire yesterday to the supermarket which is about 7 miles from my house. When I was done shopping I started the car to drive home and about 2 minutes later the battery light came on, I didn't think anything of it but when I got on my street I saw the temp needle rising fast to overheat. I was right at my driveway so I quickly pulled in and stopped the car. The whole time the car felt like it had no power.
This morning I had my father come over and when he open the hood the is when I became really really nervous. He said the belt was completely off and he saw 2 black rings at the bottom of the engine pan. Now I am really scared.
My question is does anyone know what could of happened and is this covered under the 7 year 70,000 mile warranty that the dealer told me it had.
Ohh sorry by the way my car is an 04 with 41K miles.
Thanks everyone
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Re: Please please help Crossife Dead
Sounds like you just need a fan belt. When the fan belt comes off your alternator stops working which will cause the battery light and the overheating was caused because the fan belt also runs the water pump. you should have also noticed that it got harder to steer since the power steering pump is also run off the belt.
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Agreed.
Have it towed to the dealer. Hopefully you shut it down before any heat damage.
What were the two black rings? Maybe parts of the tension idler? If so most definetly warranty.
Warranty? Might depend on the dealer and what caused the failure. But, I would suggest it ought to be a warranty item.
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Have it towed to the dealer. Hopefully you shut it down before any heat damage.
What were the two black rings? Maybe parts of the tension idler? If so most definetly warranty.
Warranty? Might depend on the dealer and what caused the failure. But, I would suggest it ought to be a warranty item.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news........but how close to overheating did it get to.
The reason I ask is because the hottest a engine will get is after the engine is turned off, and there's no more coolant flow (heatsoak). If it was right at the point of overheating, it probably got REALLY hot after you turned it off.
It should be a dealer repair under warranty, and I'd insist that they checked the engine over really good for any further damage.
The reason I ask is because the hottest a engine will get is after the engine is turned off, and there's no more coolant flow (heatsoak). If it was right at the point of overheating, it probably got REALLY hot after you turned it off.
It should be a dealer repair under warranty, and I'd insist that they checked the engine over really good for any further damage.
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Originally Posted by Deborah Walker
Sooooo WE 04 owners should be checking out belts before the 41K mark????
Deb
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i AM HAVING A BIT OF OIL LEAKING AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. I am not sure when it began, but may be due to the overhaeting when my belt came off when the pully bearing siezed. Hard to say if that is the cause. I am taking it to the dealer today. It will probably take a week for them to find out where the problem is coming from, a month to get the parts and a week to fix.
It might be ready by February.
It might be ready by February.
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Sooo....???
Originally Posted by speeddiva989
Hello Everyone,
I was driving my crossfire yesterday to the supermarket which is about 7 miles from my house. When I was done shopping I started the car to drive home and about 2 minutes later the battery light came on, I didn't think anything of it but when I got on my street I saw the temp needle rising fast to overheat. I was right at my driveway so I quickly pulled in and stopped the car. The whole time the car felt like it had no power.
This morning I had my father come over and when he open the hood the is when I became really really nervous. He said the belt was completely off and he saw 2 black rings at the bottom of the engine pan. Now I am really scared.
My question is does anyone know what could of happened and is this covered under the 7 year 70,000 mile warranty that the dealer told me it had.
Ohh sorry by the way my car is an 04 with 41K miles.
Thanks everyone
I was driving my crossfire yesterday to the supermarket which is about 7 miles from my house. When I was done shopping I started the car to drive home and about 2 minutes later the battery light came on, I didn't think anything of it but when I got on my street I saw the temp needle rising fast to overheat. I was right at my driveway so I quickly pulled in and stopped the car. The whole time the car felt like it had no power.
This morning I had my father come over and when he open the hood the is when I became really really nervous. He said the belt was completely off and he saw 2 black rings at the bottom of the engine pan. Now I am really scared.
My question is does anyone know what could of happened and is this covered under the 7 year 70,000 mile warranty that the dealer told me it had.
Ohh sorry by the way my car is an 04 with 41K miles.
Thanks everyone
Re: Please please help Crossife Dead
cars break, especially cars that are driven hard...these little dudes were thrown together with left over parts by two companies, as it turns out didn't cooperate with each other very well. Had they survived, I am sure there would have several recall items, just like other cars. But that didn't happen, so we are on our own...no help from either side...and I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but the MB shops around here are now not wanting to work on them. They were willing before, but now are balking. My email stated "although we know the similarities, we don't service Chrysler vehicles"...
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Originally Posted by oledoc2u
the MB shops around here are now not wanting to work on them. They were willing before, but now are balking. My email stated "although we know the similarities, we don't service Chrysler vehicles"...
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Originally Posted by LantanaTX
You should threaten them with a parternity suit. A DNA test would force Mercedes to provide child support. Left over parts from two companies?? I still haven't found anything Chrysler on my car.
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I know there isn't any Chrysler parts in the cars, but you can't tell that to a MB service writer...or I quess I could...bottom line, I was wondering if anyone knows if this is an MB order to their stores not to work on them, of just a local problem...I don't need any work, but I don't want to take it to Chrysler either. I will fix most things myself, but I dropped in to look at a car on their lot and that was their response. My response, well why would I buy a car here? It was the quality of the XF that lead me here. Just curious.
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Originally Posted by oledoc2u
I know there isn't any Chrysler parts in the cars, but you can't tell that to a MB service writer...or I quess I could...bottom line, I was wondering if anyone knows if this is an MB order to their stores not to work on them, of just a local problem...I don't need any work, but I don't want to take it to Chrysler either. I will fix most things myself, but I dropped in to look at a car on their lot and that was their response. My response, well why would I buy a car here? It was the quality of the XF that lead me here. Just curious.
I think the best bet for future service is independent MB shops. They will usuall have the STAR system as well as many other systems such as those sold by Snap On which include Crossfire diagnostics. If you have an extended warrenty many independant shops can honor it and I would much rather have my car being serviced by someone that works on Mercedes all day versus a Chrysler dealer. If you go to an independant MB shop and they tell you they don't work on Crossfires, rasing the hood on them will usually get them to change their mind. Sometimes you may have to educate the shop. When I first drove into Krause's automotive two years ago to talk about a V8, he said he didn't know anything about Crossfires. I asked him to come out and take a look. He was very suprised and called all his mechanics over to take a look. they all said "shoot this is just a SLK320, we can work on that".
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Originally Posted by LantanaTX
It seems like MB and Chrysler ...
(I was gonna quote the most important part of the post... but it's all important.)