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Hi all w211 eclass 280d while starting car the dash and all ignition functios drop out but vehicle runs has had new ignition switch and front and rear sam units have been told possible can fault so when to all can bridge bars and have found bridge bar under passanger side glove box diconect one...

Hi can anyone help, I have a w203 c220 cdi auto and it keeps losing power for a few seconds and then picks up again, I don't think its going in and out of limp mode as it won't rev at all when it loses the power. This happens at all speeds and at no specfic time or event whilst driving and i...

Help! I had a command unit fitted in my ML by a well-regarded local company that i have used for many years to install electronics in many of our cars vans etc. they installed a new command unit a couple of months ago which all works fine apart from the sat nav which keeps losing signal i...

I have found that when manually selecting 2nd gear and staying in it in my SL55, after about 3 minutes the engine is reluctant to pull strongly through the rev range. It does not seem to be overheated and there are no messages or lights but it feels like the engine management has put on some...

Like it says above, clicks and pops from pano roof when going over bumps, have searched and done all the fixes, greased runners, siliconed rubber seals, made no difference, really fed up with this now to the point of getting rid of car, anyone have any ideas ? 2004 E320 cdi 120k

Hi, So I was driving through London to drop my kids off and no problems. Stopped the car and started it again 5 minutes later. Thats when the problem started!!! It began to lose power, then would pick up power for a second and die again. This would go on for 10 seconds and would then cut out...

Hello folks, can anyone confirm my diagnosis... think i have a head gasket away! I have a 91 190D the 2L manual version, its been a great car to me, done about 30k miles this year alone. Lately it has been losing water, the warning light started coming on a few weeks ago. I kept topping it...

Hi there, A couple of months back, i started experiencing loss of speed while going uphill on motorways. Since then I have changed the spark plugs, cleant the carb, and changed the fuel hose - but the problem still persists. I would really appreciate any suggestions you may have? thanks. (its a...

Can someone please explain why my partners c270 seems to be missing and losing power when it rains. Its only when it rains, the engine stutters and the car slows down. This problem has only been happening since we had a new inlet manifold put on earlier in the year. Also sometimes when it's...

Hi all- hoping you can help me please: I've just bought a '95 E320 coupe with an electric driver's seat that lacks the support of my '95 E220 coupe with a manual seat. The main difference is in the seat base, which in the 220 is much fuller and firmer and thus more comfortable. I'm planning on...

I retrofitted a COMAND 2.0 to a w208 clk recently and only breifly tested the system worked. When trying to use navigation the unit will work fine initially, but a few minutes into the journey it will say "your location is not on a digitised road" and sats read as 0. Ive tried relocating the...

Recently topped up my autobox because i thought it was low and it was it needed 2 litres of atf. The box 4hp20. The problem i had is still there and is getting worse. On the motorway when i go over 60 it feels like someone is pulling the car back, like when you tow someone and they keep jerking...

Clock losing time any idea what controls it?

Hi all, I just get my lovely w124 fully sorted and then we get our planning through for major house alterations - inc. turning garage into much needed extra bedroom. I do love my Merc but the kids have to come first - do they? Anyway, she is now on ebay, item no. 300532836896 for anyone who is...

My DSF tyre has recently been behaving strangely! Normally I run 35psi at the rears and 33psi at the front. However after a couple of days I will check the DSF tyre and it will be 19psi?! Anyone got any ideas? Is it a slow puncture>Why doesn't it lose more than 19psi?:confused:

After a year of owning her new B180, my wife is at her wits end with the constant need to re-pair her Samsung F400 with the bluetooth. For the first few months, the phone would stay paired for weeks at a time, and then just simply disappear from the phone list. The same happened if I paired my...

Hi chaps, This is my first post as I have just joined today. I am in desperate need of help to try and diagnose a problem im having starting my van, the van is a merc vito on a 52 plate. The starting problem started roughly a few months ago and got worse, I dont really use it on a...

just had a gearbox put in my 230clk komp as the other gave up the ghost all of a sudden,however the replacment is not right,its is sometimes smooth in all gears apart from going in to 4th the revs seem to go slightly higher then goes into 4th not that smoothlyc,also sometimes it seems to feel...

Running Win XP Pro SP3, fully patched. Every now and again it 'loses' the driver for something. E.g. today when I turned the scanner on it went into the new hardware wizard :mad: Inserting the driver cd doesn't work ... the only solution is to use system restore. But working out how far...

I drive my car everyday for work. This morning I went to unlock my car.... nothing happened. Car totally dead. Opened car manually with key, nothing worked. Battery is no more than 1 year old. Rac man came out, attached the plug to my car battery and the car started striaght away. Rac man...