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Hi all, I was playing Fuel Light Roulette yesterday and when I came off the motorway (with 14 miles range to go) the car just stopped and refused to start and came up with an "EL. POWER CONTROL - VISIT WORKSHOP" error message on the cluster and refused to start. After trying quite a bit it...

On returning from the lakes got message 'turn signal left mirror' it didn,t flash up,I only noticed it when checking to see my average mpg. Checked the indicator was working,it was. Manual says to visit qualified specialist,although message is no longer displayed now. Excuse my naivety...

I have a new E350 CDi saloon, an automatic with `direct select'; it's three days old and has now done 280 miles. On the way home today, I noticed for the first time the letter P appearing on the display (underneath the Attention Assist logo) whenever my speed dropped to about 10 to...

Hi I have just bought a 2003 e class 270 cdi and I was driving it around and a message came up on the Dash Service Brake Fault-visit work shop. I went to my local Mercedes workshop and they put it on the Mercedes Star Diagnostic system.There were no current faults showing just a couple of...

My battery died again. So I ordered new one from MB. Was going to collect it but had to recharge the old one first.... After recharge I put it back, started the car and run it for 10 min to warm up the engine.. Then stopped and turned back in half an hour to drive for the battery.... Started...

I have W211 for quite a few years. I had extended warranty before so I didnt care about little stuff like batteries :) Now I had my battery died so I decided to recharge it while I am looking for decently priced new one. So I disconnected it, recharged and put it back. I believe I did...

Hello everyone, just wanted to share my experience, had this message for a while, and it turned out to be broken wire that leads to the fan, the fan wasn't engaging, hence the temp could rise and the aircon wouldn't work properly so if everyone has this message would advice to check the wires...

I have just bought a 2000 model ML270 and on maiden drive oil HI message appeared after few miles and also yellow triangle flashes on centre of dash a few times then goes off. I dont as yet have the owners manual/handbook so dont know what this means. also when going up a fairly steep hill...

I have just bought a 2008 280 CDI SPORT with a Comand System and having read the Manual carefully I assumed it would play a DVD as standard - but everytime I put a DVD in the DVD ERROR message appears. Can anyone tell me if it is standard feature - if it is then there is a problem with the DVD...

Dear Forum I'm new here - hope I'm not asking obvious questions but grateful for guidance. I have had my first MB for a month or so, 1 1991 E320 diesel estate. Its great in every way and I'm very lucky tha Gordon Tarling was the last owner so its been incredibly well looked after. But, about...

Hi all, Car has been off the road for a couple of days now down to the paint shop. On my way down I did the normal "check all my dash options" and it was reading 6,800 till next service.... Drove it home yesterday and it is now saying "service b due 2 days ago"..!!! Do you think...

:wallbash:A problem exists on my 2003 C220 CDi, the dash is lit up red with battery/alternator visit workshop, however there is 11.8v at the battery, and 13.8v accross the battery when the engine is running. I'm confused?:confused:

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On Friday while driving to work display in my C180 started showing couple of messages Brake Lining Wear Brake Light Bulb after driving few more miles it started showing message about ABS Now it dispalys Visit Workshop Display Faulty ABS,BAS, ESP & also Engine light has started showing. I...

Hi, have just bought my first merc, C270 CDI, 53 plate Avantgarde with Command. When the vehicle is stopped and i select TV i get the message "No TV!" Do i need to purchase something else (card etc) to make it work, or is it faulty? Thanks in advance, Pete

Saying to call them as they have a plate that might interest me. (I must have registered with them years ago for a private plate) Anyway, the text includes the plate in question, and it does interest me. Trouble is, they're asking 3k for it. Question is, does anyone have any dealings...

Im getting an error message "autolights inoperative"..but they're working fine....ollie seems thinks its the light sensor malfunctioning (he's usually right)...two questions: 1. is it the light sensor or how do i check that it is? 2. how does one remove the sensor? mine seems to be very firmly...

Hi I got a message when driving back home "Check Third Brake Light" message and shown in Malfunctions list, but this went away when I switched ignition off and then back on again, I also asked my wife to check whether all three brake lights were coming on when I pressed the brake pedal and she...

While driving our 211 today i got a message asing me to top op the coolent . The temp guage was reading normal . Could this be a sign that the rad has started leaking into the auto box . The car shifts and drives fine . The car is an early 03 so it has the bad rad type . I do plan to change this...

Hi, I just disconnected/reconnected my battery and now I get a "remove key" message popping up when the key is put back to the neutral position. The message is fairly annoying but the "beep...beep...beep.........." is really getting on my nerves. Can this be switched off in the menu? I haven't...