failing

Hi - i wonder if anyone has experienced a similar set of circumstances? I try and start the car and it fires (for about 1 sec then promptly dies and refuses to start). I can leave the car 24 hours and it does exactly the same thing. So my plan of investigation (starting after work one night...

Hi All Ive noticed that my car dosent start on the first turn lately, is this my starter motor on its way out?

hi, hope someone can point me in the right direction.After a brief stop off today i got back in the car fired it up and it cut out, waited and retried same thing.Finally got going after a few hundred yards it died,waited again for a few minutes and it started.revs were bouncing for half a mile...

Hello, With the engine off, the pump will only work sometimes to either fully lock or unlock the car, only the door you unlock will unlock. However, when running and the engine is producing a vacuum, the doors will either unlock or lock depending on the previous position of the drivers side...

Knocking Kwik-Fit can be a popular pastime here. This weekend the engine showed some reluctance to turn over and start, indicating the battery is perhaps on the way out. I see that I spent the princely sum of £59 at Kwik-Fit on 4th March 2003 for a 4 year guaranteed battery. Albeit...

Has anyone had problems with their passenger side wing mirror failing to heat up and clear? I have had this problem for a while and been in and out of Mercedes tryingt o get it rectifed. Keep getting told it is either the glass or the door control unit. Both of which have been replaced but it...

Plugged my scanner into car yesterday and was watching the 02 sensors switching back and forth then noticed the post cat sensor for the right hand bank was switching very slowly and only by a very small amount. Other 3 were switching between 0.125 ish volts to 0.750 ish volts two to three...

British motorists face £100 fine for failing to wear fluorescent vests when driving in France http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1034564/British-motorists-face-100-fine-failing-wear-fluorescent-vests-driving-France.html Warning before you leave Dover for the continent. Not very well...

When taking a car for an MOT last week, I assumed it would fly through - it did pass on everything, but failed on the numberplates - no BS Markings. These are the same plates which have been on the car since it left the dealer some 9 years ago. I've used the same MOT station and the same guy...

Not my car, but a problem someone has brought to me. Occasionally when starting the car the command fails to boot properly. Apparently it sit's there witha blank screen for a short while then the mercedes logo appears after about 10 seconds or so but the unit fails to start. Restarting...

hi, i have a 2001 c class with a 111 evo engine and on its mot test failed miserably on high co.hcc and lambda. the garage i use replaced the upstream o2 sensor but also noted oil in harness.i cannot remember exact readings but can recall co being 10.0 per cent on fast idle and hc and lambda...

My C43 has started exhibiting slight sights of a steering anomaly. Its hard to explain but sometimes on a good surface road you can feel a strange pulling to one side or the other. The car has just passed its MoT with no mention of suspension component wear (certainly not to MoT standard)...

Hi experts, My car a CLK500 has been in my garage for 6 months and the battery is flat...:( It will jump start however is seems even after a long drive the battery wont fully charge and therefore it looks like it needs a new battery... I was wondering if it was possible to change the battery...

I've got a nasty noise coming from the front of the engine which at worst is a pulsing screeching and at best is a pulsing (light) grinding. Sounds like a pulley bearing failing. Took it to the garage and they reckon probably idle pulley bearing but not sure. Contenders I guess are alternator...

The hydraulics , pump and pistons for the automatic soft top are still functioning , but are leeking oil into the boot-well and the system needs constant topping up with oil to function . My mechanic ( not actual expert on merc roofs) says he needs to order/replace with all new parts and at...

I have an SE280 1981. Everythng is well except the brakes! At high speed or when the revs are high i.e. over 4,000 the brake pedal pushes down further before the breaks come on, a lot further. It does not do this around town. I thought it was the master cylinder or servo, but both have been...

My C320 went through a number of phases of deciding that one indicator after another would decide not to work for a while, then would work, then not etc... At last main dealer service, there response was "bulbs sometimes build up resistance, so the fault can be intermittent when they are hot"...

Hi There, Recently I have noticed that 2 of the mini-lights within the 3rd brake light assembly is failing - does anyone know if i can replace the lights? Ive been to hellfrauds and cant see any replacements - tried taking it apart too - all i saw was a circuit board - didnt have the...

I have had my 1989 w124 300TE auto for around 9 months. Ran pretty well at first then started to use more and more fuel. Took it to a reputable local garage with extensive tuning experience they advised that the entire Bosch Fuel injection unit was U/S and needed replacing as it was "impossible...