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2011 Mercedes E550 ac will not start up


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oldmots
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Jul 21, 2022, 1:19 PM

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My Mercedes E550 AC compressor will not start up when the car interior is hot. If I gun the engine, most of the time it will start. I have had it at the Dealer and they could not find the problem. Once it starts, it will cool normally for the rest of that day even if the interior gets hot. It will fail to start again the next day until I gun the engine again.


Hammer Time
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Jul 21, 2022, 1:42 PM

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This should have been a very easy thing to diagnose for the dealer.

All they had to do is test for power arriving at the compressor when it wasn't working.

It sounds like what is causing it to finally engage is the additional voltage the system generates when the engine is throttled up.

There are a few possible causes for this

1) Worn clutch pulley causing excessive air gap at the compressor clutch
2) Weak clutch coil
3) Weak compressor clutch relay or corroded contacts



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oldmots
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Jul 21, 2022, 2:01 PM

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Thanks for your ideas, I think the dealership was too lazy to let the car sit in the heat and go get it and test it. The only thing I can do myself is to replace the relay, which I will do. This car only has 52,000 miles on it, but if the relay doesn't fix it, I will get it to the shop to look at the clutch.


Hammer Time
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Jul 21, 2022, 2:33 PM

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You are probably right about the dealer. The techs get paid flat rate and don't have time for extensive testing.

edit: After looking at the wiring diagram I see this car doesn't use a clutch relay. The compressor is powered by Sam Control module



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Tom Greenleaf
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Jul 21, 2022, 6:27 PM

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Oldmots: Bummer they won't help you because it would take time to recreate this.


Try this just for exercise I guess. Wiggle wires to compressor by hand WHEN it's NOT engaging/cooling WHEN it should be. IDK but if that works like "gunning" it, I take as revving it up a lot there's a connection there that's too weak.
IF general wiring shows corrosion focus on that for a fix to last,


Tom



oldmots
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Jul 21, 2022, 8:21 PM

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I also found out there was no relay. What is the SAM Control module, I have never heard of this.


Hammer Time
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Jul 22, 2022, 4:47 AM

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It's what Mercedes calls the Body Control modules. It has a few of them. In this case it is also a fuse box.





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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Jul 22, 2022, 4:51 AM)


oldmots
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Jul 22, 2022, 7:33 PM

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This looks like the end of the search for a guy with just a VOM!


oldmots
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Jul 25, 2022, 6:30 AM

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I do have a question, does this module with its fuses and relays have a clutch relay or is that built in somehow?


Hammer Time
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Jul 25, 2022, 11:54 AM

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I thought I answered that already. Everything is internal and non serviceable.



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