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Hi, Although working as expected in manual mode, the AUTO setting for the heather doesn't seem to put the fan on full power at all. I'm fairly sure it used to especially when the temp was set to 'MAX'. Any ideas? S212 / E250CDi

Hi - I have a deep scratch on the gloss black trim piece thing behind the rear right door and the estate side window. Not covered by my scratch repair insurance as it is a trim piece. Does anyone know what the part number for this little bit of trim is and how to replace it? Thanks. (E250...

Hi. My S212 E250Cdi is coming up for it's 4 year service. On the M-B service plan so will getting it done at the main dealer. They have recommended that I also pay an additional £65 for an aircon removal of refrigerant, lube, dye test and system refill. Compared to what my local Ford dealer...

Hi - When getting my tyres changed I noticed a split in the black bellows covering the rear air suspension spring (the front sis is conventional springs). Is this anything to worry about? Is it cheaply fixable, or do I just wait to see if the spring unit fails?

It is still in used car warranty period but the next day it started working normally and has continued to do so.

Hi, Got up today and the blind on my sunroof 3/4 closed itself overnight. (I normally leave it open) and the sunroof will now not respond to any control inputs. Any ideas? Thank you.

Going back to the original point, I hace an E250 cdi and the paddles for the manual are fine. One thing I have not spotted is that using manual 7th on a motorway stops the transmission unnecessarily downshifting if gently changing lane. The weird thing I find about the manual mode is that the...

Hi - With the long wheelbase and the sport suspension set up, I find that my car scrapes the ground where the ramps join the flat in some car parks and my driveway. Not sure what scrapes, probably the exhaust, I guess. Does anyone else have this issue? HAs anyone got a solution? The car has...

I also think this looks a good site: Mercedes-Benz Fitting Chart and Wheel Fitment Guide | Alloy Wheels Direct

Hi - My S212 E250cdi Sport is coming up the end of the 3 year warranty period. As far as I can tell it is running sweet as anything. Is there anything that I should ask the garage to specifically check out before it expires? Cheers.

I would say give M-B in Plymouth a try. They (or at least Ian - salesman) were very attentive and knowledgable without being pushy. Did a great job with follow up calls to see if I was happy with the car after a couple of days and again a while after that. From Essex, you could even make a...

Am I the only person that has actually mentioned this to M-B UK? Having a grouse on the forum is fine, but will not change anything.

I like the extra torque of my diesel and as I do long motorway drives, once sticking to 70mph, there isn't a lot of difference except for a quick squirt of acceleration to change lanes. I also find that with an auto transmission disadvantages of a low rev range also become less relevant. What...

I like the idea, but the heavy look of the wheel spokes grate alongside the elegant original. Stick some current AMG 'twin pied' (no idea what they are really called) wheels on it and it would look much better in my opinion.

Either a doggy earth of one of your bulbs has a higher resistance and is about to blow. What you could do is swap the left and right bulbs and see if the problem changes sides.

To answer an earlier post, I reckon the A-class looks great with the grille that it has. My E-class looks great with it's star and bar :-) There was a tweet from an MB magazine asking for the best c-class from the new configurator. I cheated and built mine on the German web site...

Playing with the car configurator on the German site, I see the C-class saloon/estate and the E-Class saloon/estate can have the traditional grille and star. I have just bought my first Mercedes-Benz and one of the attractions (61 reg S212) was the star and the grille. The sports grille suits...

Looked like half the Sahara had been dumped on the car in the last rainstorm. So hosed it off and gave it a proper wash.

It is also probable that a MB bolt will have been manufactured and assured by the manufacturer to meet a certain specification in terms of dimensions and tolerances and also strength and tolerances. Bolts that are manufactured from batched of components which meet the required specification...