My 1995 E320 wagon wont start for some reason.

It was driving and running perfectly before hand with no history of not starting.
then after parking it for about an hour, i go to start it and nothing happens. battery is not dead. but starter wont engage and there is this buzzing sound from the driver side speaker area of the dash.

any help is appreciated. thank you.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

If you need more information just ask and ill give it out.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

Possibly ovp relay

hello,

here are a few suggestions:


the first and easiest thing to check would be fuses. open up the fuse box and make sure that fuse#5 is ok. if the fuse looks ok , give it a spin in its holder and then try to start the car.


another possibility would be the K38 relay(located behind instrument cluster)
see the following thread,, specifically step 4: How-to: Disable alarm on a 1993+ W124


if you are positive that the batt. is ok , and you have ruled out the above mentioned, then i believe that your problem may be a bad starter.


good luck

Put key in turn to start and hold it a minute,if she starts you will need a ignition switch.
If no go with ignition in run position reach starter and wire 1 wire on starter pole.The other on the solenoid pole,or if you can reach it,use screwdriver instead. Keep wires from touching and reconnect battery,and touch 2 wire together.This is called jumping the solenoid.If she starts cover both ends of wires so they won't touch ground.Order a starter.Becareful ordering a Bosch starter,some they ship are backwards.Look at photo first.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

if you can get an occassional start out of it when cold. it could be a crank position sensor

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Fuse check is good suggestion. Can't remember for sure but I think fuse 5 feeds the starter circuit.

Also might want to try to start with transmission in neutral. If it starts, problem is likely neutral safety switch. Do a search--lots of info on this common problem.

Hope his helps.

J. M. van Swaay

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1994 E320 Wagon, 230,000 miles
1995 E320 Sedan, 106,000 miles
1994 E500 Sedan, 79,000 miles

I love this forum.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

Hey, i realized I kinda abandoned this thread. My bad. It was the K38 Relay. It was buzzing. Pulled the one from the TD. Car started right up. Pulled one from pick and pull. Car is running perfectly.

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"