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Car was taken to Forerra's on Tuesday. Said will look on Wednesday. Got call ftom Des at lunchtime. Bad news. Electronic control unit for gearshift was faulty. 200 quid. 1st gear in gearbox was goosed. 1 grand. Gearbox gear part was 1 month wait to arrive. Choice of fix, scrap or px against...

Right, the garage just gave me an update. They say the little pcb control board where the gear level is is at fault. They have been busy today with other cars, but that is what their computer's are coming up with, but will dig deeper to make more sure tomorrow. Well, if it IS that control...

Right, the garage the A210 was taken to has just called back and said they plugged in their diagnostic machine and came up with gearbox control fault. However, they did say there are NO lights,i.e. F on the dash. They use an auto box specialist in Perivale who they are trying to get hold of and...

Hey guys, been a while since I was last here. The previous post was about the gears holding in 2nd up to 3rd for a couple of seconds before changing up. That problem sorted itself out a few days after I posted. I now have a new problem. This morning, I was in a rush to get out to meet...

Hi guy, got a problem with my auto box on my 2003 A210 auto. The gearchange up from 2 to 3 holds in 2nd for a 3-4 secs before changing up to 3rd. Is this fixable with a gearbox oil change or is it unfixable? I'm told it may have an ecu, so could the ecu be at fault? Damaged gearbox? To add...

Ignition was off, and the wheel was straight. The guy who did it had done one last year, also on an A class, but had no lights come on. Even the airbag man whilst on his diag machine, said to me these later Mercs are nightmares. The first time he came across this problem took him over 3 hours to...

Hi, had to call the local airbag/systems diagnostics guy out. He said because the indicator stalk was removed, the alignment sensor inside was out of alignment when the new stalk was fitted, he said thes ensor's had to be within certain perameters to not set off any warning lights, therefore...

Hey guys, the combination stalk on my A210 couldn't flash the headlight, so ordered one from Euro's, took to a local garage to fit, and now the bloody ESP/BAS AND the ABS lights are both on. The guy that fitted the stalk disconnected the battery prior to disassembling the steering wheel, fitted...

Hey guys, I've just ordered a pair of front door speaker adaptor rings for the A210, but the site only lists the adaptor rings for the rear hatch door, not the rear passenger doors. Does anyone know if the front and rear side door speakers are the same?

Aw man. I don't know how to get the door handle scoop covers off, they're pretty flat to the surface, not like a foam pad sticking them on. The headlight and tail light ones look like they're just glued on.

To anyone else who has an A210, I've noticed mine has chrome trim other A210's dont. There are rings that go around the headights and tail lights, and the scoop of the door handles are chromed too. Were these an optional extra from MB or tacky aftermarket stuff? This is my car. 2002...

Hi guys, I have an annoying vibration from the airbox when the engine is running, which goes away if you press on the top of the box, so today I took off the lid to see if there is a rubber seal of something missing. Around the edge of the underside of the lid, there is a groove, but not sure if...

Hi, I need to change both the mirror indicators on my A class W168, are they the same as an SLK or C class? Is there an online ETK for Merc parts?

npuk, I think you're looking at the wrong thing. Looking at the 1st pic of the mouth, under the M on the reg plate. Sticks out of the mouth grill.

Ok, thanks. Any ideas on the black plastic loop in the bumper mouth?

Ok, I'll just leave the normal A210 on. I have only ever seen 1 other A210 on the road before I got mine. I hope I enjoy this for the next couple of years unlike my previous Mercs.

Ok, heres are my questions, firstly, there is a hole in the line of buttons above the cd player. Someone suggsted it either be for heated seats, or should be just a blanking cover if no heated seats fitted. As you can see, there is a circuit board with contacts on inside the hole...

Hi guys, I've finally got my A210 back from the garage after some work doing for the RWC. I was wondering what this service A and B are. what mileages are these at? I ask because the car has no history, and I've just had the garage change the oil and filter, air filter, fuel filter and coolant...

The A210 I just got, 52 reg, 77k miles, has more rust on it than my 97 3 series with 138k miles.

So the discount doesn't really work too well then.