YouTubers attempt to fix $40,075 Mercedes GLE that's been dead for four months after it was sold at auction

This Mercedes GLE was left in a sorry state, and after it was sold at auction, it needed more than a vacuum inside to make it road-ready.

So, one lot of mechanics made the journey to the garage where the car was being kept to really see if they could work their magic.

From body damage to error codes, it wasn’t set to be an easy ride.

However, once the team got cracking, things started to look up.

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This Mercedes GLE was in a very bad way

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The guys over at OGS & Mechanics decided to give the car one last lifeline after others ultimately failed to bring it back to life.

Upon viewing the car, the team discovered that they had a lot of issues to diagnose and solve in order to get the Mercedes GLE up and running once more.

Towards the back of the car, accident damage was apparent, which had seemingly been repaired.

But in order to fix the rest of the car, it needed to be moved out of the garage, which is where the team of mechanical masterminds came in handy.

According to the new owners, the GLE hadn’t started at all in the four months it had been at the shop, and it was time for it to get moving.

After running tests on the Mercedes, they found that there was no communication with key high-voltage components, the HV battery lock was engaged after the car had been involved in a crash, and there was more than one example of mismatched coding.

Would they be able to save the car?

After getting to work, the mechanics achieved a miracle

Once the guys discovered the issues, one by one, they started to disappear until they managed to restore the drive system once again.

“We actually might get something,” said the mechanic.

The engine managed to start, and all of their hard work paid off as they fixed the issues by programming the AC and DC units to the car, with the systems even beginning to charge.

So, even though there was still a fair bit of work to do, at least the car was on the move and well on its journey to being able to road trip once more.

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