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Originally Posted by Diesel911
About 2 months after buying the Mercedes I called AAA to Tow it as it would not crank the Starter; it was night I had no tools or flashlight.
As the Driver was hooking it up for the tow I went to make sure the transmission was in N and found out that I had left it in D; which was the reason It would not start.
To avoid the shame of it I kept quiet and let the Driver Tow me home.
Ounce I got home with the gear shift in P it started normally.
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Now that's a funny story.
My worst wasn't actually the battery, but the alternator. Took my GMC with a 6.2 towing a rented trailer about 275 miles away from home (over the divide in CO) to rescue a friends Toyota pick-up in Grand Junction. About 20 minutes after leaving GJ, I notice the volt gauge isn't running up near 17 like usual. I figure, I'm good to go, still had daylight, and there really isn't anyplace to get parts out there anyway. Next, I get stuck in a traffic jam going up Vail pass, light starts to ebb, I start wondering if I need to turn around. Decide to press on. By the time I got off the highway, my headlights are dimmer than candles. Still had an hour to go. Start running with the lights off, figuring that there are streetlights here, and there the last 30 miles there aren't. Last 5 miles, on dirt, I had my flashlight out the window, trying to get periodic clues to where the edge of the road was. Finally, about 200 yards from my house, a sheriff goes by, and whips around with lights flashing. Guy pulls me over in my driveway, where I inform him that 'something just happened about a 1/4 mile away, and I just limped it home. Got off with a 'better get that checked out'. Both batteries recovered with a 24 hour trickle charge, and it wasn't until the next day that I realized I had a fully charged battery in the vehicle on the trailer.