Is220 Issues And Cures

[dycecooper]

I bought my 220d se a couple of months ago,

Issue 1

Quite often it would not start despit having new Battery and was tuning over quite fast, it would start with jump leads.

Cure, new Starter! Even though it did not sound like it needed one.

Issue 2

Wipers do not self park.

Cure, I removed the wiper motor cover containing the electrics for the park, there are three spring contacts connecting to the contacts on the plastic wheel, the one closest to the spindle was broken, I managed to re shape it as a replacement one is not an option unless you buy a complete motor.

So far so good

[normski2]

Well done you....good job accomplished!

[kopondriver]

Well done John. I have the same kind of trouble and also no solution. Changed the
Battery 2 years ago because it was losing charge overnight. Had it
tested but both Battery and alternator were fine, isolated the Battery
overnight and next morning it started fine. Then got fed up
disconnecting and changed the Battery which has worked ok for 2 years.
Now the same trouble again - is it the colder weather? This time however
the car is also taking longer to fire up even when jump starting from
another Battery. Changed the heater plugs a few weeks ago but no
different. Isolating the Battery overnight again but this morning it
turned about a dozen times without starting and then the Battery died.
Going to buy a new Battery today - this one only had 1 year warranty.
But still think something is draining the charge overnight. Maybe when
the Battery is new and strong the overnight drain has little effect and
then as the Battery gets older and weaker the drain has a greater
effect? The longer cranking time is maybe a separate issue - maybe
losing diesel supply when parked overnight? Hard to get anyone to sort
these cold start problems because once it starts then its fine for the
rest of the day so I can't show a mechanic whats happening. Just putting
this on the forum hoping it may ring true with someone else.

[normski2]

See if you can check the Battery earth strap point to the car body. Have heard of this working loose.

[Shipz]

I have an issue sometimes when i depress the clutch, hit the start button, it starts up then dies.

Only way to overcome is once started, tap the accelerator to give it some gas and it runs fine.

This issue is very intermitent, only does it sometimes, but mostly starts fine...haven't yet found the cause of this! Are you having the same issue? Or do you have no power at all?

[kopondriver]

I think mine is a different problem to yours. I've renewed the Battery and so far it's starting fine again. Went into limp mode again yesterday so I cleaned the EGR valve (filthy) and it's running good as ever. Also was recalled to Lexus last week for new steering rack which feels much better. Sorry no idea what might be causing your problem - an intermittent fault is always hardest to trace. At least you know how to cope with it - that's a help.