I have a basic code reader, 30$ or so i bought many years ago. this reader shows no message. The battery get disconnected almost daily since at some point the motor does not crank. nearby there is autozone, and interestingly they have a very similar reader and O'Reilly that based on the shape and size seems to be a more advanced one. Alternativelly i have an european/Mercedes shop that asked $250 per hour to check the car.
Our plan is driving 200Miles or so (have the overdue smog check done, the car has had starting issue since september) and then see if i can get a code number from the pcm possible from O'Reilly. I expect that most error messages get resetted when the battery is disconnected.

Thanks
Salvo

 

the problem is as mentioned before, those readers my not read mercedes codes, in that case they are worthless to your vehicle

 

Salvo, at this point you have a choice of getting the car scanned to get into the deeper Mercedes codes, or contacting the MDP company and get their help. It is hard to be certain without a pressure test on the fuel rail, but if you have recently installed a new RCM relay it seems you are running out of options. I wouldn't bother trying to open the rear trunk area without a good scan telling you there is a problem back there. With no water present and no problem with the lock/unlock of the car best guess is everything is OK back there.I would check that CPS senor you installed.
PS. Don't worry about the siren. The battery in it has probably died. It won't effect anything. You can replace it ( use the search box for options), but it is not necessary.

 

Thanks again appretiated all feedback!

Salvo

 

my son was able to access to the electronic in the trunk and it is dry, no leak inside.

today the company that in mid December took $900 to replace my pcm with a re manufacturer one and install the software, (ecu warehouse)
they advertise themselves with multiple webpages, such as
http://www.ecuwarehouse.com
Crossfire ECU Control Units And Crossfire ECM Repair
sent me an half line email with no signature saying "call us tomorrow morning and we will take care of it"
I have been trying to contact them for weeks since mid December, when i got back the pcm, They never call back, and i am very disappointed with this company.
I have asked them to tell me what was wrong with my pcm, also to double check the software they installed in the new pcm and described in detail the no crank misbehavior and all testing i have done. no response from them, nothing.

Hopefully something positive will come if so i will update the forum

Thanks.
Sa

 

This is the sword hanging over all our heads. So far it looks like SOS diagnostics and MDF in Florida are the only hope to keep these car out of the scrap yard.

 

Have you not seen viper-666's posts on his skreemulator ?

 

I hacked the Skreem, the Skreemulator

 

I've seen it and I have great hopes for him and us. But I would feel better if he could offer us a product that could at least start the car. I don't care about the bells and whistles. Don't get me wrong I love my car every week my wife and I take at least a 250 mile drive. But I constantly worry what I'll do if I'm 300 miles from home and it won't start. I do have an extra skreem. I don't use the fob, I removed the remote relay so that the system doesn't get spiked when you hit the unlock button on the fob. I put in the extra ground strap. and I inspect all my grounds every 90 days. I'm an old time motorcycle rider and have traveled everywhere from the West Coast to New Orleans and I bought this car to repeat this trips with my wife but it's just too big a role of the dice to get farther away from home than you have it towed in.

 

These cars are actually very reliable. If you have a SKREEM with you I certainly hope it has been programed for your car. Many of us carry a Crankshaft Position Sensor and also a Relay Control Module in the glove compartment or trunk. The CPS is a bit difficult to replace, but can be done alongside the road once the car has cooled down; The RCM is very easy to install and can be done in less than ten minutes. Other than the common flat tire, bad starter or alternator, like any other car, there isn't much that will let you stranded. I drive mine 1,000s of miles to and from CAA events and have never had a problem. Please put your mined at easy and enjoy your car, just keep a fully charged battery. I believe most electrical problems are caused by battery drain. As the voltage falls off the modules in the car suffer, and batteries DO NOT last as long as they did just a few years back. It wasn't long ago and you could purchase five and six year batteries. Now most are three and you have to search to find a 48 month battery. Like many things, the manufactures are building in obsolescent, but then again the newer cars with all that stuff that drains electricity is making it much harder on the battery.

 

UPDATE: After giving up any hopes of getting a SKREEM module from Needswings.com, I followed up a lead I found on this forum about S.O.S. Diagnostics in Canby, Oregon.
I sent them the ECM, SKREEM and the only key I have left, all parts off of my car, along with proper documentation for proof of ownership. They performed what they call IMMO (is it immobilizer??) restoration.
They charged me $650 for this procedure, which I was happy to pay since I had not other options.
It only took the guys at SOS about a week and 1/2 to get me back my parts, which arrived today.
I installed them as soon as I got home from work and the car is back up and running.
I highly recommend these guys to anyone facing the stress of finding a SKREEM module for your car.

 

Thanks Wolfstalker, they were my next option if SOS Diagnostics was not able to repair mine.

 

The forum sent me this thread today but I can't find any post of mine on it. Anyway, just to reiterate, the SKREEM I sent to MDP in Pinellas Park, FL, was repaired in one day and cost me a total of $450. I started the car today - it works as new. I must have had a couple hundred flawless starts since the repair and no codes.

A question: Has anyone ever used Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 summer tires on the Crossfire? I have used these tires before and liked them, but not on the Crossfire, which has Contis. They have improved this tire and today I got a quote here in Illinois for a set of four for &720. out the door, and $80 for alignment. Contis run about $1000. with alignment, so I'm considering them. Any body have any experience with them on this car?

 

These are some very interesting sources for repairing the SKREEM modules in our Crossfires. Gotta remember these vendors! Thanks a bunch!

 

I sent my SKREEM, ECU and 2 keys (from New Zealand) to MDP in Pinellas Park, FL for repair.
They spent a couple of days on it but discovered my SKREEM was unrepairable.

Luckily they had some OEM and keys available and they re-programmed these with my ECU.

VERY good communication. I was kept up to date regularly via email and payment information was via a phone call and an Invoice supplied

Justin told me that MDP had purchased (a while ago) as many OEM SKREEMs as they could get their hands on but that numbers were reducing. (7 left)
After these were gone, they would be unable to offer replacement SKREEM

Today I am waiting for the reprogrammed SKREEM etc to clear NZ customs.

I will provide an update once I reinstall, but am confident

 

I was under the impression that MDP repaired our own SKREEM modules and returned the same one back in working order
Are you saying they are replacing our SKREEM modules with a different module than we sent to them if they can't repair the one we send ?

 

By my way of thinking, if the SKEEM any of us sent to MDP for repairs was identified as not being repairable, the only alternative we have would be to get a new SKREEM configured plus keys. At least that is what I thought Mike G stated in his post. And this could be disappearing in the near future with lack of SKREEM availability. We already have issues getting new/additional/replacement keys.

Sounds like all of us are driving cars that will leave us stranded sometime down the road because both Chrysler & M-B are abandoning these cars. This issue alone really influences my purchase of another Crossfire. I realize that there are many car marques out there that have long been abandoned by their manufacturers. But in the case of a source for a new programmable SKREEM module (which is critical to operate these cars) disappearing from the marketplace, it is somewhat risky to purchase another Crossfire - MHO. I probably follow this thread line more than any other on the Forum.

 

Have you missed what viper-666 is doing in Germany ?

 

Mercedes abandoned the car when they dumped Chrysler, they have no moral obligation to support the car.
Chrysler Fiat is not the company that built the car in the first place so we are in limbo.
Unfixable SKREEMs to me suffer from a component failure, replace the failed component and they would be fixable. Finding the faulty part being the hard part.

 

Not at all. Like I said, I follow the SKREEM threads on a daily basis.