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Good evening, 3 months ago, I bought a 2004 W220 S500 with 80,000 miles on the clock. What a powerful car I must say. Engine runs great, overall condition is excellent. :rock: The only concern I have is the transmission. When it is still cold, it shifts very rough from 3rd gear to 2nd. So...

Hi All, I have an Automatic 2012 C180 Petrol with less than 8,000 miles on the clock that has pretty much from the day I bought it (7 months ago with 2500 miles) had a jerky downshift between 30mph -> 20mph from cold start. The problem goes away after the first couple of downshifts in this...

Ive read a lot about cold start whining noise, which mine has, but it doesn't seem normal to me. First vid is from cold start, second vid is warmed up after 40 min drive. View My Video View My Video

Hi everyone, Long shot but someone here might be able to help. Have a 1999 SL600 with the M120 engine. Engine is absolutely as smooth as silk apart from one problem...when you start it from cold there is a slight rough noise to the engine....which gets louder with engine speed and then as you...

Hi all, I'm really enjoying my 'new' Merc, now that the firing on three cylinders has been sorted, just one thing is spoiling it now. I have a cold draught coming from a specific point beside the driver's seat. I've tried the all the variations of heater settings and vent positions, but to no...

HI I have a problem with my E230 W210 1997. when I start the engine for the first time on the morning there is a little vibration ,it's keep on Vibrating until the engine warms up !!! and the RPM indicator moves quite a bit up and down. any one have any thoughts ???? I will appreciate...

Good evening all, I'm new to the forum and looking forward to having a good read through. I have a problem with my 2004 (54) w203 c220 cdi auto saloon. The problem seems to be worse the colder the weather is. Once the engine is up to temperature the bucking goes away and the engine seems to...

I am having a small issue with my 2008 E280, the first start in the morning is a little laboured but all subsequent starts are normal i.e fires straight away. The first cold start is accompanied with a very small puff of white smoke. The glow plug relay and battery are new the only fault showing...

Hi all, I know this is not a new problem, but maybe one of you can help me. I have an ML 270 cdi 12 years old 90,000 on the clock, bought Oct last year, It has a starting issue, when left for a few days its a pig to start, Its had a full service by my local garage (who owns an ML) New...

Apologies if the question has already been asked! But is there any known cold starting faults on E320 CDI's? until the weather got cold my car fired up almost instantly, now shes taking 4-5 seconds of cranking before firing...... something to be worried about? once warm fires up as...

On the final part of a trip from the NW I ran into the last snow shower of the day and got an ABS/BAS/ESP warning coming up all at once. This was at a time when the outside temperature dropped from about 3 degrees to −1. Any idea what I'm looking at (hoping against hope it'll be one of...

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Hi all When I start my W211 E220 (08 plate with 80k miles) I get quite a lot of white smoke for the first few mins when it's cold in the morning, once warmed up its fine, was just wondering if this is normal? It seems to start first time etc and seems to run normally too. Just did a quick test...

Hi, I have a problem with the cold starting on my 2006 W211 V6 CDI. It takes 4-5 turns of the key to get going with the resulting clouds of smoke. The glow plugs/relay are new and functioning. The injectors have been leak tested and are ok. The only fault codes showing are P2644 (Not sure...

Hi guys I've had my W211 E220 (2008) for a few weeks now and have noticed first thing in the morning when cold the car stays in lower gears longer before shifting, once it's warmed up it upshifts quicker and also feels a bit smoother, is this normal? My first automatic car so have nothing to...

Have a Vito 115 2010. Have a problem when it goes below 20 degrees Center grade the engine lamp goes on after 5-10 minutes driving. Then it is on and when the weather goes warmer again it disappear. Can not feel anything with the power or nothing else. Does not matter if I have it on the...

Hello everyone, I have W639 2004 Vito which displays the engine check light when i do a cold start. The light stays on until i turn of the ignition. If i run the van for 5 mins then restart the light does not come on. The van runs fine either way. I am not a trained mechanic but im not...

Hi guys happy new year too all! Hope you could help me with a strange problem, my car is a 2005 c200 kompressor with the m271 engine. My issue is when I drive the car when cold I get a bad knocking rotational noise but wouldn't say engine speed and only happens under load. Strange thing is the...

I've been trying to resolve high fuel consumption on my 300CE-24 and after many dead ends have discovered that the cold start valve is powered all the time (12-14V between terminals). There doesn't seem to be a thermo time switch on my model and I've monitored the CSV as the car warms up from...

Every few mornings after a cold start I have been noticing bad-egg smell Also the engine seems to run noisier for a few minutes but maybe im imagining it Doesnt happen most mornings, just occasionally I know thats usually connected to catalytic converter Its C220 2010 Should I worry about it?