electrics

What's the general view on the reliability of the electrics in mercs? I got a r class in feb this year. Since then the command unit has been giving me bother. The rear parking sensors have failed and today the central locking is not working. The father in law spent 45k on a shinny new ml and he...

From time to time the instrument panel indicates esp and abs the telephone wireless turns off and back on, the climate control switches off and on the instrument panel states auto lights non operational. The head lights turn off and back on again. All this happens within a split second. The car...

Recently window motor stopped working. Checked fuses under the hood and rear seat all ok. There is power to window motor, but no power to window switch, door open switch or the puddle lamp. After research , a connector X30/7 may cause problems, where is this located ?,some say n/s of car some...

Hi, I'm just about to fit a towbar to my vito and I need to know how to wire the electrics; Firstly from what I can gather some are prewired for towbar fitting and there is a plug in the back, does anyone know where it is? Secondly if one isnt there does anyone know the wiring? There are two...

Hi there, I'm a newbie and have a C Class 180 Kompressor 2007. Owned the car from new and has been perfect. I have had for 6 months an electronic problem that Merc can't solve and I'm over a £1000 out of pocket for the trouble. I will be driving as normal then the indicator will start...

I'm giving consideration to fitting a tow bar to my 210 estate 1999 facelift model, e280. I'm thinking ahead and don't want to bite off more than I can chew. Does anybody have any instructions, notes, diagrams photos, etc of how to do this job?

HELP I have just replaced a company run 2010 C Class Sport Estate W204 with a 2012 facelift Auto model. The detachable tow bar cost me a fortune a couple of years ago, so want to re-use on my new W204. The tow bar references are all current for the new car. None of the local fitters are...

Hi to all, I'm having problems with the electrics in the drivers door. Everything stopped at the same time. No window controls,seat heating,mirror controls,seat controls and the door no longer does the auto close bit. Bloody window will not raise and seal when you close the door either. I've...

whilst driving or stationary, the horn, lights, hazzards come on intermittently. sometimes i open the car put the key in the ignition and everything goes dead, take the key out and put it in again, and nothing at all. there is nothing wrong with the battery, but if i connect the battery charger...

Back in June this year I had a problem with the central looking where it didnt work and needed/used entry with the manual key. Thereafter, when I started the car the electrics/electronics were going crazy, on a reset sort of on/off all the time whilst driving. (reset to me is when you start the...

I have to fit a towbar to the ML (W164) and I see I can either use a universal fitting kit for the electrics or a vehicle specific one. My local towbar fitter does not think the vehicle specific one is worth the money. He says he has been using the universal kits for some time and has never had...

I've had a new lock fitted and the roof doesnt work would it be possible for someone to send me a photo of the locks connections as I have a 2 pin connector which I think should be connected to the lock but there isn't anywhere for it to connect to. cheers

Wife was driving home from work and I got a phone call to say the car (2001 S203 220CDI) was going crazy giving out fault codes and flashing lights like they were going out of fashion. After having a look around on here I worked out that the bulkhead drains were blocked (we had biblical rain the...

Is there anyway of disconnecting all the electrical power without touching the battery as I can't get into my boot ?

Hi Guys, Hoping for a bit of help. I've not been around very much, having moved on from my CLK, however I still have the A210 and unfortunately it won't start! I used it a fair amount a couple of weeks ago. It was running fine. After not using it for 2 weeks I went to start it today and it...

Hi all does anyone know a body shop in Nottingham that can do mercedes (wheel arches rusted) and Electrics as my rear indicators, side lights etc works intermittently. My aircon/heater doesnt blow thru the central vents and makes an initial crackling noise when you start the car (W 203 c220)...

:dk:Hi ive got a 1999 e300td estate and to be fair it could be my last got in the car today and drove as normal come to a junction put indicator on =nothing windscreen wipers checked them= nothing sunroof= nothing horn= nothing why ? checked fuses fine never had issue with electrics before now...

Hi All, Can anyone recommend a good Tow Bar fitter and confirm if the costs seem reasonable I got a quote of £670 to include a Witter detachable Towbar, dedicated electrics i.e. correct ones for car that link in via plugs and a recode of the car for the wiring. The Towbar is lisred as £182...

Constantly hearing of electrical problems on cars .Manufacturers seem intent on car being taken back to main dealer for rectification . My newly aquired C200 appears tetchy and often refuses to release key fob from dash is this going to be problematic and costly . Can all this nonsense be bypassed .

just wondered if anyone else had this problem i gotta get it scanned anyway but on the first startup of my car i get 2 malfuctions come up 1st is the srs restraint fault and the second is a picture of a oil can with a wavy line under saying display faulty i will take pictures and to add to that...