Of course when the car was taken off the transporter it started first time and instantly, just like it used to be! Left the car for a week with the garage who diagnosed 2 faults with the new air mass sensor so they fitted another new one. We ran the car the next two months hoping the starting fault would magically disappear as quickly as it appeared but to no avail!ĭecided to ship the car back to the UK for further investigation. Car ran better but we still had the starting problem. Took the car to our local garage near our house in Spain who diagnosed faulty air mass sensor (common fault I believe with the W210). Returned home with very poor performance from the engine and auto gearbox changing problems but no warning lights came on the dash. Gave the car 15 minute ‘rest’ and attempted a restart which worked. Following morning car took three attempts to start, travelled for 10 minutes and engine completely died leaving us stranded in the road. The first problem (and the major problem that continues to this day) of poor starting began after 3 hours of fast motorway driving in southern Spain, stopped for fuel and car would only restart after a lot if cranking (6-10 seconds stop then retry, engine fired up second time after maybe 5 seconds cranking). The list of maladies is quite long, not sure if they are all related to one cause or it’s several faults that requires lots of new bits. It has run perfectly until this April when the starting problems started. I have owned the car just over six years. So wonder if anyone can throw up any ideas as to what might be wrong with my 2001 W210 E240 with 75,000 miles on. I am searching for a solution to my E240 problems. Just joined so I am totally new to the world of car forums.

Mercedes w210 problems