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This morning my 256,000 mile C250TD responded to a kickdown with a large amount of blue smoke from the exhaust and no acceleration. Within 30 seconds it had seized solid and the starter motor cannot get any movement out of the engine. Nothing obvoiusly amiss under the bonnet and the timing...

Hi All, Not sure if 'electronics' fits the bill for this, but, having recently purchased my first merc, a w203 c180 coupe, i've noticed that when i press the button to fold the mirrors in, only the passenger side one seems to actually fold. The drivers side one remains 'fixed' in its...

Folks I see lots of debate and discussion about the "new" MOT test. My experience may help some. Took my C55 for it's MOT last week. The place I use is modern, clean and known to be thorough. The MOT all my cars but do not do the mechanical's. So. Xenon Headlights. On my 55 these are...

Well after months of stressing about the SRS light being on 2 days before the MOT the light switched off by itself. Its done this in the past but as soon as someone sits on the seat it comes back for a few days. I had it diagnosed and the seat sensor is the cause. I took it for the MOT and...

Just been out to check over the CLK (209) prior to the MOT. Screenwasher completely dead. No noise from the motor but the headlamp washer works fine. Auto wipers work fine. The handbook says no fuse - just "electronic". No mention of a relay. I am thinking multifunction switch but is there any...

Newbie here - be gentle. I've had my 1990 300E for a couple of weeks now. Lovely smooth engine, no apparent problems with the automatic box. Then, accelerating normally from a junction, slightly uphill, there's a big bang, a shudder and no drive. Engine fine, stick still moves through...

Hi All, Something to note is that my W209 CLK failed it's MOT on Friday as the headlamp washers don't work. They never have in the time I have had it and I don't care because I clean it regularly (plus, we have had it on a Star and it's not a simple pump/switch replacement issue). New rules...

Hi guys iv had a major problem tonight with the steering on my 2000 270 cdi ml I was driving home and suddenly my steering went very heavy I pulled over and seen power steering fluid pumping out of the bottom of the car I got it home an closer inspection it looks like the metal pipe has been...

Following on from BTB 500's thread about failing MoT , he said he MoT'd the car early just in case and that he had to the end of the month to get it sorted. Am I not right in thinking that if your car fails MoT prior to the expiry of the previous MoT, the previous MoT becomes invalid?

Started up the car to return home today and the screen for the command had a load of what looked like japanese lettering and the words key off in english showing up. Everything on the system was dead sat nav cd and radio. Although the speakers werd live as if up turn up the volume you could...

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Hello guys, Posting on behalf of dad here. He has an ML 270 cdi auto year 2000. Power steering failed as he returned from shops this morning, luckily for him he was entering his drive when it happened. Oil/fluid has been found to kerb side front near rad. If anyone has advice or...

Hi Wondering if this has happened to anybody else? Driving along, headlights in auto mode, error message of left tail lamp failure, left brake lamp failure, right tail lamp failure, right brake lamp failure. I also got message saying back up lamps were in operation. Now, pulled over, turned...

Got my MOT due this week and I still haven't sorted my lack of rear plate lights - dodgy rear SAM? Will this be an MOT failure I take it?

:dk: Hello there. I have a w211 e220 2005. The passenger side mirror's indicator failed. i had a warning message saying LEFT SIDE INDICATOR FAIL etc. The indicator was broke, glass was cracked so i went to mercedes and got new LED indicator same as the original one installed...

My car has just failed its MOT due to a broken spring on the upper low suspension arm. Does any one know ruffle how much this should cost to be repaired? I'm waiting for the garage to give me a price but don't want to be paying over the odds thanks.

My brother has been told that his S500 will fail the new MOT because of an erroneous tyre pressure message on the dash. Mercedes have failed to resolve the problem. The car is 8 years old, one owner and has covered 80k miles with full MB service history. Any ideas on how to rectify would be...

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hi changing my oil this morning on my 1999 Merc E240 ( v6) and noticed lots of mayonnaise on the dip stick and cap I had only checked it last week and all was its usually shiny self. I then went and checked the coolant which was also very low so in the space of a week it looks like I have a...

Hi! all, I've just bought an old 2001 C220 Diesel. It drives really nice, but when I bought it the guy told me that it had an intermittent SRS light fault. I was told that it had just passed it's MOT in February. I'm still trying to fix the SRS fault, which apparently in my case is the...