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My brother has a facelift (57 reg) W211 E320 CDI Sport which he uses at the weekend to tow a catering trailer around 5miles each way. On Saturday night the back of the car dropped so it is now sitting around 20cms from the road! The car is now with our indy who cant fit it in until later in...

I got the above failure when applying the brake peddle after 1 or 2 seconds. Anyhoo, after much head scratching and removing the light cluster and multi metering it, I decided to look at the bulb even though it was 'working', the part of the problem that was confusing me was, when the brake...

Hi everybody, Has anybody else every had a vario roof module failure? My wife's 2006 280 roof stopped working and the vario roof visit workshop light is on the clocks. A star pc says there is no comms to the vrm and all fuses are ok. Everything else works on the car except the heated rear...

Hi all Annoyingly whilst on the motorway the other day the plastic sheet under the engine bay failed at the forward right point (F/O/S), causing a rather alarming BANG!! followed by it bouncing up and down and scraping along the ground etc.:wallbash: Far from an ideal situation, i pulled...

really? is there an MOT mandate to be picky on older cars? I have taken cars much worse than my estate in for MOTs and they have sailed through, do we think the tester didnt get his oats last night?

Went to select D but the lever would not budge... Manually overriden the security lug where the solenoid usually releases after putting the foot on the brake pedal. Great.. got going but stuck in first. Anyway, luckily, it turns out to be the electronic control module board located near the...

A good friend of mine who drives another mark had his 57 plate car fail its MOT because there was a club sticker above the tax disc but within the wiper sweep. If the sticker was blocking the drivers view I could understand it, but this leaves be baffled. Im planning to put a MBclub sticker in...

hi all . i am looking at replacing my 2000 108 cdi for a 07 or 08 vito lwb or xlwb. so whats the van like ? can i get a sheet of 8x4 standing up ? what engine shall i get ? etc etc looked at the reviews and they slate the vito big time. main problems rust rust rust no warranty work ( stone...

Hi all, anyone come across this problem before? The speedo in my yr 2000 Vito 112 cdi has suddenly packed up! Just prior to failing it began to give an incorrect reading..either showing approx 20 mph less than actual speed, or 20-30 mph more. When stopped, the speedo was stuck on about the 30...

Morning guys and gals, I have searched for ths problem and couldn't find an answer, if there is a thread or post, please let me know. Despite working on cars, i'm no mechanic so i apologise for the lack of exact technical description etc... Here goes, after investigating a problem...

If your car fails on the MOT for having a hole on the exhaust and they recommend a new exhaust. If you patch the hole can they still fail it because they feel it needed to be replaced and not fixed?

Those who saw the earlier post about my clk horn and steering wheel might be interested to know that MB have still not sorted the problem. They say they have checked; all the feeds and fuses relays earths contacts for corrosion ignition circuit ESC circuit Instrument circuit They have...

My clk 320 is still held hostage at the MB dealers with a non functioning multi-function steering wheel. The problem started with am MOT failure due to the horn not working. MB have changed the horn and now the function buttons on the steering wheel don't work and the new horn doesn't work...

MOT Failure £17,100 what am I missing? What is going on??:dk::dk:

Hi Can anyone shed any light as to a likely cause as to why a replacement fuel pump relay for an 1983 280SL has also failed. It may be a faulty part but im more concerned that there is an underlying problem causing it to fail. The car remained a non starter even when the new relay was fitted...

Hi all, Was going to look at the front calipers, then while there I had a wee look at the perch... :eek: Only the right one tho, see pictures, I wasn't hearted enough to look/ do the left one... Now, the question... To me it look OK ish, solid enough for a wee while, now, what do your lot think...

Some years ago lamp failure came on repeatedly with no bulbs failed and isolated to rear newriside cluster dealer gave me new lamp holders free. then it started again and he said cluster had to be changed - fixed problem. Now same problem on offside rear this time I removed cluster to try and...

Hello All, A friend of mine has the usual array of PAS/ESP/BAS failure messages on his 2006 C-class. I know on a lot of older Mercedes you just need to replace the brake pedal switch, however he is unable to find one on his car. The dealership gave him a switch for the handbrake light...

My car failed the mot last week on a crack in the windscreen about 2 inches long in a bottom corner. As the wiper went over it he said it was classed as the sweep area. £85 to the insurance and a new one is in. All passed now. Not bad for a 9 year old :bannana::bannana:

Does anyone know if a SRS malfuction warning would mean a MOT failure? just realised my tickets up in 2 weeks and ain't dealt with the warning (been advised it's probably just a sensor). Thanks