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Pulling away from cold in my S211 estate produces a slight grumbling growling noise when shifting from first to second gear. It soon disappears as the engine and transmission warm up, and everything's fine thereafter. Any clues, please, anybody? The car has done 172,000 miles and recently...

Just had my rear bumper repaired pretty much on-the-spot, and in less time and at a lower cost than originally quoted. What could have been a £600-£700 bill from a dealer turned out to be a £50 job at Damage Undone in Melksham, Wiltshire and I couldn't be any happier with the result. Wayne is...

Just been told by good old MB Bath that one of my front springs has broken. This is the third time in 100,000 miles (on 1998 E320 petrol estate) so either I, or they, or Mercedes seem to be doing something wrong. Does this sound normal to anyone? And is there a better alternative spring I...

Hi all My 1999 320E estate has developed the unnerving habit of occasionally failing to start - the dash lights come on, the starter motor whirrs, but the engine stays dumb. Leave it alone for a while, keep trying, and eventually everything is fine. I've also noticed that while the central...

Puzzled by this one, so hope somebody may shed some light on it for me. Every since a new battery was fitted my Audio 20 has remained resolutely dead (nothing to do with entering the code, I can't even get that far). I've checked the two fuses, one under the rear seat the other in the engine...

Lifting up the squab has pulled the black plastic cover apart on one of the rear seat belts in my W210 estate - the bit that the belt clips into. My attempts to glue the thing back together are failing, has anyone else had this problem and is it possible to renew just the housing, rather than...

Unlit ashtray and enthusiastically smoking wife is not a good combination in the dark. Can anyone tell me how to replace the ashtray bulb in a 1999 W210 please? The lighter works fine, so the fuse and power lead must be OK.

My new (to me) 1999 E320 estate auto refuses to 'hold' on hills, leaving me the choice between rolling back alarmingly or attempting to hold the car using my left foot on the brake. Its predecessor, a 1990 300TE, had no such bother. Tick-over is a tad over 500 rpm and I'm just hoping this...

I'm delighted with the service from MB Bath (formerly John Tallis) - particularly as they offer a 'mature mercedes' discount on labour and parts for my 1990 300TE. Just wondering if anyone has found a better independent alternative around this area as it would be handy to have an alternative?