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Hi I have a Mercedes 1995 C180 which is giving me a headache. The problem is a recent one, and is basically that the indicators and wipers sometimes fail. The strange thing is that the problem only surfaces when I've been driving the car (for 20mins+), shut it down and then tried to start it...

I am going to take a drive from Bournemouth to Balloch to see my folks this weekend. It's circa 480 miles and I did it in the pre-facelift C63 a couple of years back. The result was 34mpg average at 70mph and I did it on one complete tank........ just! That car was mapped (V4 about 520) and was...

Having started my Mercedes journey many years ago with a 2001 320 CLK Cabriolet, I am now the proud owner of a 2012 CLS SB. In between has been an 2004 320 E Class estate, a bunch of other cars, a 2008 CLS 320cdi and latterly a 2008 CLS 63 AMG. All have been brilliant in their own way and suited...

Hello and a big thank you to all MBC forum contributors for the wealth of knowledge I've already obtained from this site free of charge. I hope i'm not going to start annoying the big guns with my mundane newbie questions, however its probably inevitable I'll ask a few threadenders along the...

On my commute back from London today I had a tyre pressure warning followed by a red warning light for low pressure rear near side, pulled over and could hear the air escaping at a rate of... Pulled into the garage and got out the compressor attached canister and was contemplating a quick fix...

Earlier this week I did 118 miles on DISTRONIC + (Nottingham to St Albans). It was OK, if a bit disorientating. Is this any kind of record?

Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy either a C220 CDI (56 Reg, 66k) or a C180k (55 Reg, 56k). I prefer the C220 given the better fuel economy (and it's a bit cheaper), but am a bit concerned by my driving patterns - that is, to / fro the station every day (1.5 miles each way) and then some...

Hi all. Let me start my long story from the beginning. Part 1 I live in South Africa and purchased a 2003 w211 a couple of years ago. I immediately wanted to upgrade the audio system to something with Bluetooth etc. the research I did led me to buying a command NTG 2.5 unit on eBay from some...

The story begins on a cold, dark autumnal morn... As part of helping out my southern cousins that can't even afford petrol for their V8 such is the poverty south of the Watford gap, I decided to buy a C43 AMG to help a Londoner. I rise at 05.00 hours to prepare for my journey down south...

I should be getting my Merc back from the Sprayers sometime next week and i thought i will share with your goodselves the Journey my baby has taken over the last couple of years. If you don't mind that is :thumb:

just wounderd if anyone had the same trouble getting home from work as me today . my normal journey takes an hour by train , today it took 4 and a half hours and included a 4 mile walk . southeastern train are a joke . :mad:

Hi all I drive a 2001 W210 320CDI Estate, bought in Hungary as I live in Hungary and decided to give the car its first tour trip back to the UK to see what it can do, especially on die Autobahnen :rock: However this plan was scuppered whilst as I was almost through Austria Engine...

W210 engine When I start a journey the data from the previous journey is not resetting i.e. mileage, fuel consumption, journey time etc. When I hold in the R button it will zero display but I never previously had to do this - it used to happen automatically. Any ideas what could be wrong...

Well, i have just got back from a very relaxing few days away in Lundy. But that's beside the by ... what the purpose of this post is about is to relay the hilarity i had in driving down there ..... I had the CLK430 lined up to take down , a nice jolly jaunt down the 303 to Hartland , then...

Hi, can you help me I have a very annoying problem with my E270 (W211). It has been back to the dealers may times, I am now out of warranty and yet it is still occurring. On journeys of less than a mile, eg going for the Sunday paper!. Once the car is locked, you cannot unlock it via the key...

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Well, I washed her with Carplan wash and wax yesterday, stored her in a heated garage, and today decided to embark on polishing, as the paint still has the gel-cote on I used autoglym super resin for the paintwork, autoglym glass polish for the glass and mirrors, and autoglym paint renovator...

I've recently had a service at an MB dealer, the glow plugs were replaced. I have added a couple of hundred miles since. This morning I started the car after the glow plug light went out only to hear a nasty clanging noise. Sounds like all cylinders weren't firing. The glow plug light...