electrics

About a month ago my car had been standing about a week when i went to use it, it had zero power, not even enough for the interior light to come on. So its been left like that for about a month as i haven't had time to take it to the merc garage. So today i was going to take it to an auto...

I have a W210 estate with a factory fitted removable towbar with one multi-pin electic socket for the electric connection to a trailer/caravan. I have bought a cable harness to split the single socket into two 7-pin sockets, so I can run a fridge from the car battery whilst on the move...

Anyone still think this Governement is worthy of the name? New law spells end to DIY electrics and cowboy electricians Cutting corners on electrical work is plain dangerous - and from 1 January 2005 it'll be breaking the law too, according to the UK's leading electrical safety body, the...

This problem has cropped up twice now. We thought the garage had sorted it but obviously not! The windows don't work, the sunroof won't open and, crucially, the wipers are dead. It's an E220 estate on an "M" prefix. Anyone got any ideas what's wrong with it?

Can anybody out there help me identify why the following is happening on my car (W210, E class). The fuel guage is not displaying the correct amount of fuel left in the tank. When I fill up the tank, it sometimes goes to the top, and most of the time stays at around 1/4 level and may rise to...

I was chatting to my dAd last night, he told me that he had just bought a new c180k {silver of course}, and went on to explain the deal he had struck up as they had wanted to move on this car and bolster the sales figures etc. Anyway he did raise the subject of negotiating a towbar. They...

Whilst on the motorway 2 days ago my newly replaced radiator (new tensioner unit which needed the radiator moving) let go of its top hose, emptying the whole coolant system immediately. After nearly filling my pants I managed to stop hopefully before cooking my engine. I refilled it and carried...