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Hi there guys, i wonder if anyone can advise, i have a 56 plate e320 cdi with 115k on clock, i am noticing a sweet smell from outside the car under acceleration, and the odd bit of white smoke when putting foot down, i am suspecting headgasket failure, however, the car is not overheating, the...

Picture the scene. I'm at some traffic lights, in neutral. When they turn green I put the car into D and prod the accelerator pedal. Instead of the expected forward motion there is a huge BANG and I lose all drive, forwards or backwards. The RAC man who rescued me and towed the car home...

Hi I have a problem and wouldn't mind some of your thoughts. The Car. The car is a low mileage W208 CLK320 convertible 65000 miles 2000 plate. Totally standard currently in need of a service. The Background. I haven't used the car for about a week when I went to it the...

Hello I have a 2003 reg C200 petrol. I was away for 2 weeks and when i come back and started the car everything works fine apart from the CD/Radio Player. The red light on the radio keeps blinking even when I am driving but no display or the Radio switches on. Any suggestions would be highly...

On Monday, the left front wheel bearing failed on my S211 at a most inconvenient time. Fortunately, the car was only going slowly and I managed to get it into a pub car park. Had ABS, ESP and service brake warnings as well! Called out the AA, but the man missed that the wheel bearing had failed...

Hi, I wonder whether anyone might have an idea what has caused the boot lid high level brake light to stop working ? I have a 2004 E220cdi. I was out in the car yesterday and there was no problem, but when I went out this morning the dashboard warning came on to tell me that there was a...

SRS was reset on Friday as I bought it with this failure on. Went for a short drive on Friday evening, again on Saturday afternoon, no problems. Moved the car around in the garage before power washing & mitt wash preparing for detail, all OK. After power washing then mitt wash, checked the boot...

So the Key Card does not work. After checking with STAR diagnostics, all antennas are working & even both LEDs on key card light when communicating with STAR; start on shifter also works but it still won't start from there, only starts with key fob in the ignition. Now assuming best course of...

Hi folks, I have just registered but have been viewing these forums for a while. There's always some useful information being bandied about but now I have an issue which doesn't seem to be covered (or not quite). For a while now my interior fan (blower) has been acting strangely. It all started...

Hi, I have a 2004 C180 Kompressor Auto. A month ago the car begin idling very lumpy (it doesn't sound as bad in higher revs) and due to this, it's not driveable (I don't want to do anymore damage). When I bought it, it had the service light on and I only drove it for a few weeks before this...

Hi guys, my C32 would appear to have head gasket failure :( It is using a bit of coolant and there is yellowy sludge on the inside of the oil cap. So, does anyone know what sort of bill I'm going to be faced with? Like a lot of people, money is tight and I could really do without this, but don't...

Has anyone else had any issues with the crankshaft sensor on the E350 CDI? I replaced my aged high mileage E220CDI Estate with an August 2011 E350 CDI Blue Efficiency Sport 125 in April 2013. I'm very happy with the car, its a personal car although I do a lot of business mileage in it - its...

Hi Yesterday, tried to start car (2001 SL500 R129) for first time in a few weeks. When I turned key, the roll bar deployed (scaring the crap out of me) and engine didn't start - just clicking noise After trying to charge battery to no avail I replaced with new one this morning Had a variety of...

Hi all does anyone know if the failure of this spring would cause loss of drive through the transmission ? any help much appreciated

Hi W211 up to late 2006 I understand are notorious for SBC pump failure. Would inspection with code reader or star diagnostic be able to predict the failure in advance? Is it a matter of the count of the number of operations being stored and when maximum is reached pump stopping? If so can...

Having been invited to our daughters for Xmas dinner we decided to take the wifes Hyundai Matrix , so that she could drive us home and i could have a drink. (She can only drive an automatic ).Had to pick my mother up on the way. Pulled up outside of mothers , collected mother and parcels , put...

Its quite common to have the dpf filter removed in diesel cars, specially BMW's and when they are close to the 120k on the clock - usually its not for performance..it was more the fact that a filter costs £1500 from a dealer and they want 7 hours labour to change it..! Not sure if you guys...

Gents Can you help. My Dads car has just failed its MOT due to a failed warning light on the dash. The blue light for full beam indicator. Now the garage has told him he's looking at a £750 - £1000 bill as they'll need to rip out the dash, for what could be a £10 bulb. :crazy: He has also...

Some advice if possible please. My NSF electric window/door mirror indicator isn't working - basically no electrics on the NSF door. Been waiting for one of the replacement parts (a resistor?) since end of October (supply issues at the factory). Replacement part not due till 4th December...

Hi.first time post. My vito displays the orange bulb fault on the dash.but all bulbs are working. The fault turns on my main beam lights and darkens my dash display. I can turn the lights off by turning the light switch to sidelights but still have no dash lights?? Any ideas?