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I have a 2004 CL600 and the Right hand side mirror glass has gone all smoky.. I am looking for replacement glass but it is bit of a jungle out there .. From what I have gathered then I should have tinted spherical heated with auto dim function. The W215 should only have the auto dim...

I was just wondering what kind of life CL600 owners are getting out of their rear tyres ? I Just passed an MOT with a warning that my rear tyres have only 3mm left. I have done about 4600 miles on them and they originally have 7.5mm treads.. That means that I have used up 1mm of treads...

I just noticed a long crack in my windshield on my 2004 CL600. It is a strange one in my opinion.. I have never seen crack like this in any windshield.. it is horizontal just above the firewall almost from windowpost to windowpost. there is no sign of any impact so am just wondering what might...

Hi all I suspect I might have a problem with my left front ABC strut.. it seems occationally that front left end of car is bit lower then rest and when started it will raise up a bit to normal position and have also occasional problem when riding hard through turns that left front wheel...

Hi All I am thinking about buying A200 2006 model the turbos diesel version.. I have found one with 58k and looks good.. any advise what to be aware about.. ? what to look for ? have no idea about this car... I will apreciate any input on this.. regards Helgi

I am about to start working again on my 1988 500SEC. I had problem with the Fuel Distributor and bought a repair kit but messed up the rebuild. I had spare 560 engine and used the Fuel Distributor from that engine but that one is also giving me problems.. I found "Remanuctured" unit on...

I have a friend about to buy a 2005 V10 Diesel VW Touareg with 70K miles.. I have been kind of warning him that they have bad reputation for reliability and advised him to rather go for a good ML. His budget is bit low or max Gbp 9000 and the Touareg would be around 8200. I have been...

I have been doing some research on E85 (Ethanol Fuel for cars) and understand it was available at few pump stations for limited time but has been withdrawn almost anywhere now.. It looks like you can buy it in drums and the cost will be aroun Gbp 1.80 per liter. I have been looking at this...

I have CL600 W215 and think there is something wrong with the parktronic system. It is behaving like there is 1-2 second delay at all times. For example when parking close to a wall then I can go all they way up to the wall and stop and then the warning indicators and beeps comes on like a...

Got a interesting thing... Steel belted radial and hot temperature... = Tread Seperation... big problem in hot countries.. Got a range Rover in Dubai.. (yes I know it aint Mercedes) but this is a all car tyre problem... so bad that in Dubai they have law that bannes tyres older than 5 years from...

I suspect I have faulty Coil Pack on my CL600. am getting the codes P0300 P0310 P0311 and P312. I have been going throught the forum for advice on best prices and possible repairs and havent really got anywhere.. I have found in USA new packs for decent price but would prefer to buy them in...

I have 2004 CL600 and had a weird problem with the cluster LED Display. Some of the time when the car is started up then Displkay is upside down.. it will often correct itself in 20-30 minutes.. has anybody encountered similar thing ? have been told that the LED dispaly need to be repaired..

I have 2004 model CL600 and have been looking into installing Body kit. I have been searching around and found few companies listing kits. It seems though that they are all the same kit made by ATS Automotive in Germany. I was just wondering if anybody on this dite has any experience with...

Have problem with my 500SEC. it seriusly lacks power and acclereration. It starts perfectly, idles perfectly, responsive and almost normal on low rpm and partial throttle but when the throttle is opened up more then a quarter then it really acclerates slowly and is really hard to get over...

I have 500 SEC 1988 and the pumps eare really noisy... they used to make some sound all the time but then I parked the car for 11 years in a warehouse yard in Kent in very high humity.. since I brought it back on line the pumps are much louder.. I can hear them from inside the car very clearly...

Hi all just wondering if there are any desent supliers of carpet kit for the w126 SEC cars.. I need set of the beige carpet to fit the 560 SEC 1989 and dont want to pay silly money... any input apreciated Helgi

I have a 500SEC 1988 and have a problem with the central locking system where it works perfectly when car is swtiched off but once I switch on the ignition and or start it up then the Central locking pump will go on in pumping mode and unlock the doors and keeps running ... reaching full...

I have been looking all over for IPC for C126. I found some old threads who refered to both Daimlerchrysler site and some russian site.. neither of these links work today.. Does anybody know about any MB online IPC available today ? Helgi