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Why when I move mi seat back the dashboard fails and all turns off , what can I do?

Hi Has anyone had a Merc with a catastrophic failure? Which caused a crash or could have been very serious? A front suspension arm on my W202 sheered in half luckily at low speed. At high speed it could have been fatal. Whole left side of the car sunk down and the wheel was hanging off...

I need someone's advice with these spring loaded rachet type tensioners on the M102 engines please. Even with the rachet engaged into the body the plunger itself can go backwards into the body when pressure is applied but only by 4mm or so then it stops. By means I am able rock the plunger back...

Does anyone know the high level operation cycle of this? The car has keyless, so the feature is brilliant - just approach the boot, pull the handle & up it goes. Except this morning it didn't. Pulled the handle & the lid popped up an inch but didn't fully "unlatch", so had to pull the handle...

Hi all, Had an issue with the brakes a couple of months back, basically I broke from a highish speed off a motorway junction without issue, then came to the next roundabout and went to brake and the pedal went close to the floor, needing allot more pressure to slow down. Thinking it was...

Hello all A few months ago the air con pulley on my car was making quite a racket and looked like it was about to come off, although the air con itself was working. I had a brand new genuine pump fitted but when i went to have it gassed up it turned out one of the seals had broken so it was...

Not ebay but Retrorides. Looks like tin worm has got the better of it but might be a good parts source for someone, even if just engine & box. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/168980/1996-mercedes-e36-saloon-southampton

So my car broke down today - if you'r interested you can read the detail here: A photo a day ? the unexpected | anomiepete However what I find appalling is that when I phoned the Mobilo life number I received a recorded message saying that "Mobilo life is not taking calls at the moment". How...

Hi, im hopefully picking up a w211 53 plate tomorrow with 79k on the clock. ive only just found out about the SBC pump issue, is there any way to tell how much life is left in the SBC unit (time wise) OR Any symptoms to look out for the unit getting near to the end of its life. or does it just...

Hello all. For some reason my last attempt to post my war and peace failed. So I'll keep this short. Purchased a S280 1998 last week. 119k with merc service history until 80k. Last owner had it for 13 years. After 3 days of ownership got into it, put it in reverse and.....nothing...

Pretty much all summed up in the title to be fair... Is this a common issue? Hopefully (if it is) there's a nice quick, & cheap, fix. Was working fine, then nothing!

I recently had my W164 2006 serviced including transmission service. Car has 80k on the clock and have maintained it regularly in accordance with schedule. I supplied genuine MB parts and have been using the same garage for all my cars for a while so have faith in their technicians and work...

Hi I have come back to mercedes after driving a bmw and have just bought a 56 plate cls 320 cdi. It's just gone through a MOT and failed on the following points -the car has only done 55000 miles. Offside front track rod end ball joint has excessive play Offside front rear arm suspension...

after fighting to remove the plug on the right rear side, I jacked up the car and the jacking point failed... Totally corroded... This is a warm welcome back from mercedes. don't you hate this... Now, can I still jack up the car there in an emergency as I will be going next week and I am not...

For some reason i dont think my car actually wants to go to the MSL Dyno Day this Sunday. A couple of weeks ago the pulley for the fan belt broke and it took nearly 2 weeks to get sorted. Now the AC pulley is making some right weird noises, like its about to come off. GSF are saying no...

For some reason i dont think my car actually wants to go to the MSL Dyno Day this Sunday. A couple of weeks ago the pulley for the fan belt broke and it took nearly 2 weeks to get sorted. Now the AC pulley is making some right weird noises, like its about to come off. GSF are saying no...

Hi all. Four years ago I had a turbo failure on my 211. Now 77000km later I got a squeeking sound in the car when I accelerate. Sounded like a slipping fanbelt, but after changing the belt the sound was still present. Mechanic started to investigate, and found the noise to come from the turbo...

I am hitting a wall on the hunt of a power steering hose and pressure pipe for my SL. Its the one connected to the bottom of the radiator, the hose mounting has rusted and taken the steel pipe with it. Has anyone any idea of the part number ???. Regards in advance.

Hi i have some problems with audio and trunk. Audio not working at all,no lights nothing and a trunk is not opening as well. Ai tried everything but its opening with car key manually only . I wasn't driving with car 4 days and the battery was flat(still dont now how and why) after i take it...

We are now on to our third brake vacuum pump on a car with this engine and they are failing quickly, which may suggest that the oil is not feeding to the vacuum pump. I understand, however, that it is impossible go investigate this properly without removing the left cylinder head to check the...