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My 2-tone horn has died, slowly. One tone after another. I can see a horn behind the bonnet grille with two conectors and two cables leading off. Is it a single unit, or as I've read in other messages two units tucked away in different locations? Is it a generic Merc horn for most...

Got a call when at work tonite that my partner could not start the Benz. I got there and the battery was flat-boosted it to start the wagon. Running fine but time is now to replace the Bosch battery in the wagon. Any ideas which one to replace with? Halfords website listed the same Bosch...

I have my eye on a '92 pre facelift W124 E220 estate, among some issues it has are a tailgate closer thats not working, tailgate closes manually but the electric closer doesn't function. The owner thinks it might be the relay in the tailgate and has taken out the relevant fuse. Apparently its...

Mercedes SLS AMG crash - BBC Top Gear :(

The central control panel on my E320 has finally died. None of the switches are active and it does not lift up to give access to the CD changer unit behind. For a while operation was intermittent - everything worked one day and not the next but with no clear pattern. Then it stopped working...

I have a 1998 C180 Classic.. A little while ago I went off for a few months on a course and, not needing the car, I carefully popped it safely up the side of the house. When I came back I tried to unlock the car as I normally do with the key fob and, nothing. My first thought was that...

Mrs Vibesg was starting a new job this morning so she left pretty early. She phoned around 8.30 to report her location. She was on the M40 Southbound when she reported a clackety noise in the engine. I advised her to pull over at the next service station and I'll talk her through. She was...

Hi Guy's For over a month now, I have had an intermittent problem in the mornings which has now developed into an everyday occurrence, whereby my car is completely dead!! No operation with the remote and nothing when I place key in the ignition!! I have to open the car with the skeleton key...

Help! I have spent most of the day fitting a Denison 500 gateway and the Dension AVR which was all working absolutley fine until I tried to put all the bits back and it all started going wrong. I could get Video on the command unit, play music tracks off both an IPOD and USB mass storage device...

I need a new (or working used) electric aerial for a 1994 W124 estate but am having difficulty finding the right part number to find one on any parts websites. ANyone point me in the right direction, or is it possible to bring a dead one back to life?

The sunroof in my newly acquired 1994 W124 E220 estate doesn't work, dead as a dodo, not even a hint of a noise when operating the switch in any direction. Is the best course of action to replace the fuse, then the switch then the motor? Fuse is easy of course but the switch is trickier to get...

Hi Gang, Been a while but been out enjoying the car.... UNTIL SATURDAY...! Driving home at 6.30 pm some numbskull decided to lose control of his and smash into mine doing 60mph...! Right front wing smashed, suspension damage and rear quarter damage... Spoken to the Merc Garage today and...

Can anyone help pls ... New battery fitted last month on E320 CDI Auto Est. Car has been kept in the garage during this bad weather and normally started everyday just to turn over but had a short run (6miles) on Friday. Today went to start her to take out and wouldnt crank completd dead. Tried...

I've done a search but cant find anything related to my problem, Basicly my W203 C220 is doing nothing at all, i got in the car yesterday morning and it started fine but the dash wasnt working, no speedo, clocks indicators or anything button related. The stereo was on but was very dim and the...

I have a 230 W208 which is giving me a little bother. I came home one night to find that my battery was completly dead. There was a strange noise coming from the engine compartment, perhaps the alarm?. In any event using the mechanical key I managed to open my car and replaced the battery...

When I switched my PC on yesterday I noticed a noisy fan however it did quiten after a while but last night my PC died and is still dead. There is power going to the PC as the card reader power light is lit. Has something fried? I must get a laptop, this EEE is too small

So I wrote off my ol' 150k mile S210 E320 Avantgarde 3 weeks ago. I've managed to get a smoking deal on a 47k mile 2004 E320 CDI Avantgarde to replace it. It has COMAND, 7 seats and 'invisible' towbar as extras, though no telephone phone pre-wire, annoyingly. There is a HUGE difference...

I have a 55 plate W211 and intermittently have the following problem : Insert ignition key and turn to I then II and everything powers on ok. Turn the key and engine ignition and the instrument cluster completely goes off as well as the climate control and the comand system. If you stop...

Hello, Had an interesting and strange situation: The keyless entry did not unlock the doors or the boot, however, on pressing the buttons on the keys, the red indicator would flash indicating the infra red signal was generated. Opened the door with the mechanical key and started up and...

Got a letter this morning telling me PCW is no more. Sad really, for all it's faults it was a good read and one that I've been subscribing to since forever.