electrical

Hi Everyone, after much debating (over a Jaguar X300 or a Mercedes) i have just purchased my first ever Mercedes, a 1990 300CE! She's in great condition and i intend to keep her for some years to come, however, there are a few electrical niggles which seem to have come to light and hope...

Cannot get petrol cap open on Merc SL R230 on a 03 plate. Stuck at petrol station with no petrol. Is there a manual way to open the petrol cap without the electronics being used. HAVE GOT NO PETROL AND AM DESPERATE!!

Hello all, I am posting this message on behalf of my father who is having an issue with the above Merc. Hope you can help!! The issues are: 1. The car starts fine but after a mile or so or once warm it would cut out and would not restart until it was cold again. This issue was eventually...

Wonder if you guys (and girls?) might be able to help with this. My car has an electrical drain which will flatten the battery in about a week. Having gone through the fuse box with care, the only two circuits with any draw when "all off" are the clock and the central locking circuit. Now...

I have replaced the diesel pump on a 2002 C220 CDI. Have struggled to get it started since. The battery was low after turning it over so often and so I put the car on charge. On Saturday after trying to restart the 15A fuse in the starter circuit blew. I replaced it and tried again but after a...

At about 50mph this morning all electrics failed for a split second and then went through normal turn-on routine with various normal messages on instrument cluster. Sat Nav held the route info, but re-calculated route. MP3 went back to first track in first folder. Only thing that doesn't seem...

Hi I have just got my car back after its repairs and their are a couple of electrical gremlins. 1: The sunroof does not open at all, is there an easy way to reset this or should I just pull the fuse and then replace? 2: The ambient lighting in the rear, is not lighting up. 3: I am...

I Have A 94 S420 and am having Major problems with the electrics after it was jump started (i now Know thats not a very clever thing to do) so far i have lost the use of the AC Control, electric windows, central locking and the soft closing doors & boot. i have replaced the AC control and...