2007 Mercedes E550 Showing ABS and ESP Inoperative and Car won't start

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Js08016 answered about a year ago

ESP is a fancy name for traction control. Neither that or the ABS system not working should prevent it from starting. I'm not real familiar with Benz but it seems to me this is going to be a "normal" no start condition. Is the car cranking? If so, you need 3 things for it to run. Fuel, spark, and compression. Get a can of starting fluid and spray some down the throttle body. It should run a few seconds on the starting fluid. If not it's an ignition problem (no spark). If it does, it's a fuel problem. Check your fuses. Especially for the fuel pump, PCM (Powertrain Control Module), and BCM (Body Control Module). If your Benz is like other cars the ABS and ESP each have their own computers so again I doubt that this would prevent it from starting unless one or the other or both are on the same circuit as the PCM. When you turn the ignition on does the check engine light come on? If not the PCM probably does not have power. Again, pointing to a blown fuse. HTH. -Jim

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Guru1WK6 answered 2 months ago

, you have two batteries on that car check your starter battery and did your systems battery that would stop the car from starting