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    R129 auto glass nightmare.

    All fixed by Mercedes £1600. Bill direct to glass company
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    R129 storage, battery and roof issues

    I use an isolater. Basically a battery kill switch. Works perfectly now
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    129

    Tragic, but can't deny I'd have the plate ;-)
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    Admiral insurnce

    Have 5 cars with admiral. Made one claim 6 years ago, no problem. You do have to challenge their price every year. This year started at 2.5k went down by 850 when said I would leave.
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    Windscreen fitters

    I had total nightmare with autoglass , 5 hours labour at main dealer to put right. !!
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    R129 Boot brake light lens replacement

    Sorted and even sealed to stop water seeping in :-) it does clip out
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    R129 storage, battery and roof issues

    Done it. Isolator fitted. Good as gold now. Eventually will get new battery :-)
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    Clk c208 convertible storage ,electrical gremlins

    Sorted. Battery was shot. SRS light voltage sensitive. Replaced. Light reset. Good as gold now
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    R129 auto glass nightmare.

    Lucky you. Also bent wiper and scratched bonnet and trim. All fixed by main dealer and charged to them. Threw in diagnostic for me :-)
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    R129 asr light 320 1998

    Persuaded Merc to do complimentary star diagnostic for me. Will find out tomorrow They fixed all the mess auto glass did.
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    R129 asr light 320 1998

    I also want it fixed , I'm a bit ocd with cars and warning lights:-)
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    R129 asr light 320 1998

    There is no particular noises and the car sometimes goes for complete journeys without coming on. There may possibly be a connection with hard acceleration. Once it came on just after I really put my foot down but certainly not always. Always goes off if I stop car and restart but it does seam...
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    R129 asr light 320 1998

    This light seems to come on for no apparent reason. Does not cause limp home mode. If I switch the car off and on again it goes off again. ( for a while) I have read about the throttle cable ( cable tie solution) but haven't done that yet. I had the brake light switch changed but it still...
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    R129 auto glass nightmare.

    Every thing was finally perfect on car, after a month of tinkering, visits for parts to main dealers and support from forum. Real sense of achievement :-) Decided final thing to do, was get chips in windsceen repaired. They decided chips to big, need new windscreen. Then the nightmare...
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    R129 storage, battery and roof issues

    Thanks Ivan sounds the same as the clk re steering angle sensor. Really tempted to just put isolator on it like the clk. I assume you lock car,(so windows up) then disconnect battery. Negative terminal.
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    Clk c208 convertible storage ,electrical gremlins

    Hi I have left the above car in a garage for a while, I only get it out 4/5 times a year. So I disconnect the battery with an isolator. No problems for a couple of years. This time when I connected the battery I have SRS warning light, also noticed button on dash to lock doors and button to...
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    R129 storage, battery and roof issues

    Ivan the window reset is just the holding up and down for 10 seconds and never any issues with roof ? Presume roof is left up or hard top on? Locked or unlocked. ?
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    R129 storage, battery and roof issues

    Thank you for all the comments. I am planning on running power to the garage this weekend and leave it on a trickle charger. The slight challenge is the public (but rarely used access path between my garden and garage. (But I have a plan:-) ) I might even get a new battery to be on the safe...
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    Pick up the CLS tomorrow

    Love mine,esp since superchipped.
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    W208 CLK430 stuck in drive or neutral fault

    I had something similar and it was due to battery bring low, gear changes are apparently voltage sensitive. Also sometimes Histed switched it off and on again. I only drive the clk 3/4 a year
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