a160

Recently, my car was behaving very strangely as the engine is stopping while I am driving, especially after I am changing the gears or slowing down I have taken my A160 car to my local mechanic and he plugged in the diagnostic meter and found out that the mass air flow metre is faulty. Can any...

selling my A160 as now got b class advertised on autotrader...

I am requesting the assistance of all A160 (1998 - 2004) owners: Is your engine dipstick a horrible reddish brown stained colour? Does your oil get unusually dirty unusually quickly? Please take a look and let me know with a short oneliner response showing model, mileage and state of...

Hi All Hope someone could help me. My 2001 A160 has MBSS3 security system. Recently the alarm has started going off for apparently no reason. Sometimes within 10 min or after couple of hours of locking the car. Real embarassment with neighbours!! I cheked the interior for any item that could...

Can anyone please tell me how to adjust the hand brake on my LWB A-160? :confused: The handle is nearing the top of its travel and it is due an MOT soon. I do have some mechanical knowledge, but I need a starting point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi New to this, however have a new shape A160 with this option 386 Phn Pr Wr/Hndsfr £313.20 exc. vat However understand now need some form of cradle to put phone into to get it to work. My phone is either Sony Ericson K800, or Nokia 6120. Any ideas where i get one from and how much it will...

hello, my grandad has just bought one of these a 54 plate 1.7td swb with 55,000mls it drives spot on for the 20+ mls i did any known problems? what are the servicing intervals? Is it a timing chain engine? ohv/ohc?? many thanks bigtee..

Hi there i reciently just purchased a car for "the other half" its a 98' A160 Elegance with the semi-auto option. The problem is the car dirves fine once going but when i start her up it idles in neutral but when i select 1st she rapidly drops in revs and cuts out. This happens evey time...

Any ideas folks? P0600 Serial Communication Link Malfunction Its an auto and drops in to a Fail mode giving either 2nd or 4th plus reverse motion. The gear changes are harsh when in fail mode too. Sometimes it starts and drives fine without dropping in to 'F' suggesting it isnt a...

I've just bought an a-class at auction, and all was good until 10 miles into the journey the 'D' symbol changed to 'F' giving 2nd or 5th gear and reverse. It also became jerky and a little rough at slowing and pull away. Since then its OK for a short while with no faults then it pops back in...

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me. I just bought a A160 and when i testdrove it i checked all the electrics, they all worked well. Being a usual bloke with a new toy i got home with the car to show off the the wife all the toys first i tried the elevtric folding mirrors......nothing! then i...

Had one as a courtesy car today. You know what? It's not all bad! :eek: Slowest car EVER, seems well screwed together, comes with all the features found in the saloon models, rides quite smoothly, certainly looks alright. Commanding driving position too. I know the W168 took some...

He are some pictures of our A160 Avantgarde (Short Wheelbase) that I should have posted ages ago. Anyway this has been sold to make way for the C320... Front view - A210 Evolution front Grille Side view - 17" AMG Styling 1, Pentagon Light Smoke tint Side view 2 - Panoramic roof in...

Has anyone here taken the A160 Auto to it's top end? If so what did you get up to in it?

Hi all, I'm trying to sell my A160 & I guess this is a good place to start. A160 Aventgarde ACS (SWB) '02' reg (registered March 2002) 16000 Miles Mercedes Histoy 2 Owners (Demo + me) Leather, Air-con, CD, Alloys, ect Automatic Wipers All this for only £11,000.00

Pics of the new addition..... T99 A160 Avantgarde Manual (German Import) Heated Leather Full Length Tilt and Slide Sunroof Mercedes Audio 10 Stereo (Soon to be replaced) Front and rear Parking Distance Control Twin removable Mercedes Roof bars Original MB Brolly...

Don't know if you guys have seen this one. Vid Link Right Click, Save As. It's a McLaren F1 car vs. A160 and an E55 around a F1 circuit. Road cars obviously have a head start! Low res, but then it's only 7MB PS. I grabbed off of Kazaa, so have hosted on my webspace. Hope...

Hi All, Can anyone tell me where to buy new glass for drivers door wing-mirror cheap, must be heated?<img src="http://www.mbclub.co.uk/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>? Cheers Dominic

me again, thought you guys would like to know, I own a Mercedes A160 Elegance, it is officially the loudest MB in Europe. We have taken three UK titles at 148.8Db, 155.2Dd and 156 Db. It has five Optima yellow top batteries, split charge system, two fusion 15&quot; sub-woofer, two jonah lumo...