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Hi. Had a little scary experience during the christmas holiday. Started the car it was -20 degrees Celsius, let it idle for about five minutes before I started to drive, and when I tried to brake at the first intersection I had NO BRAKES.... Went to the dealer who of course had never heard...

Does anyone else find the main beam assist sporadic. I have now switched mine off as I find it inconsistent in operation. I live down country lanes with no street lighting so in theory if I switch to main beam with assist enabled it should go onto main beam almost immediately until it sees...

Frightening experience on the M6 this afternoon - overtaking a truck, I was in the middle lane, came up behind another car and dabbed the brakes slightly to shed speed. I merely tapped the brake pedal and it seemed to shoot to the floor and full braking force was applied. I can only think the...

Does anyone know if the Speed Assist function on the new E class is standard or only comes as part of the driver assistance package ? The dealer has suggested to me that this was standard on the Avantgarde but I the option is not available from the Assist menu

Hey, I notice turn assist (the feature whereby a fog light comes on whilst a car is taking a corner) is more and more apparent on new MBs. I'm curious enough to ask if anyone has been questioned by the police by their 'use of fog lights unnecessarily' since when turn assist is operating...

Recently the battery on my CL 55 AMG went flat, so I duly took it out & recharged it. After connecting up & starting the vehicle both the ESP & Brake Assist have come up as malfunctions. The car was working perfectly well with no malfunctions before the battery died. Any ideas what it may be?

Does anyone know how the close assist mechanism actually works on the W140 1998 model? I've been having issues with the pump, it was pretty iffy but I only ever use the drivers door and I just have to remember I have to give it a bit of a slam. But I had to use the boot yesterday quite a bit...

Has the 'Attention Assist' feature actually assisted any new W212 owners so far? I've tried my damdest to pretend to be tired on long motorway journeys, but it hasn't so much made a single beep.:dk: I've waited for over the 20 min learning time, and tried making untypical sharp movements of...

Is anyone familiare with the closing assist system on the 140? My drivers door closing feature has stopped working which is pretty annoying as slamming the door is so terribly uncouth.... The pump has always made a noise once it's closed a door or a boot like a lorry releasing it's brakes...

When I reverse my passenger side mirror used to dip down so I can see the road, Just recently it goes up instead of down:( In other its back to front.... whats going on??? The cluster is configured for it to dip. I have turned it off and then back on but it still does it.... Any ideas????

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WHILST DRIVING NORMALLY 2 DAYS AGO I TOUCHED THE BRAKE PEDAL LIGHTLY AND THE ABOVE LIGHTS CAME ON WITH THE MESSAGE "VISIT WORKSHOP" I drove home switched engine off and was informed that I had 3 malfunctions.Next day,malfunctions had cleared,all was well no problems occurred. Today,problem...

Anyone any experience of this unit http://www.activegps.co.uk/becker-traffic-assist-pro-7916.htm

Following assist my car covered 18k mile since the last service which seems a long way without an oil change. Just interested in what other members do. Follow assist or change the oil at set intervals. I was thinking of changing the oil every 10k miles and then a B service every 30k.

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My E320cdi would not start last week. Called the AA who diagnosed the fault as being the fan assist to the gearbox, which must have had a short and was blowing a fuse. They disconnected the wiring in the ECU for that unit, and the car started up fine. When they reconnected it, the fuse went...

Dear all, Advice sought re. my '98 W202 C43. Is there a simple way of disabling electronic brake assist without affecting all the other gizmos? A couple of times now I've hit the brake a little swiftly then off but have continued braking for a split second and I don't like the...

Who knows why my self closing boot isn't! I've had it apart loads of times. All seems to work except the boot tounge does not stay out, ready for the boot to be closed. Help.

For the second time only in 14 months I had the emergency brake assist kick in. The strange thing is that both occasions were identical, I was slowing gently (honest) for a round about with only gentle pressure on the brake pedal. Suddenly theres a loud hiss, the sort you get from a air line...