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Old 04-27-2013, 10:48 PM
mpolli mpolli is offline
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I had that happen about a year and a half ago. In my case it had been happening off and on for about a year. Then finally it would not start at all. I was about to have it towed to the dealer and I tried it one last time and it started, so I drove straight to the dealer. They could not duplicate the problem, but they hooked up their computer and said the problem was the EIS and I needed a new one. I drove the car for a couple more months with the symptom happening now and then. Finally I got the work done. As I recall it cost about 800 for the EIS and labor and another 600 for 2 new keys, about 1400 total. The new EIS cannot use the old keys. They gave me a loaner car which was nice... It has worked perfect ever since then.

After I got it fixed I saw some people on eBay selling a part they claim is what goes bad. So if you can solder you might consider it but I think it was surface mount so that takes some talent. I also saw a place online that says they can repair them so you might consider that also.

Good luck!
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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
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