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  1. clk320x

    Xenon Nightmare!

    I believe I have finally found the reason behind my dreaded Xenon nightmare See Star Bulletin: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pw394u7om0...B1%5D.pdf?dl=0 I believe I need to order the relevant kit for the igniter replacement, and it seems to be not too bad of a job? Bottom page it mentions...
  2. G

    2007 Vito sport Tracking NIGHTMARE!

    Hi all , hoping someone can shed some light on this ..... Long story as short as possible , all below refers to front Vito 2007 , broke coil spring on front, spring replaced advised to have tracked . Tyres were wearing inside edge , Had tracked looked to be a lot of positive...
  3. Dogbreath

    Nightmare in the car park

    Absolute class....! Enjoy https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153945139817922&id=87846082921
  4. clk320x

    Xenon nightmare

    Hi everyone, on my 2003 w209 the xenon dipped beams have been playing up. Sometimes it will say dipped beam left out and then bulb won't switch on, however if I switch off and on a few times it'll work sometimes not, then some days the right beam won't work and again off/on may or may not get it...
  5. L

    Nightmare

    I have locked my keys in the boot of my E220. I called a locksmith out who picked the lock but couldn't open the boot as the lock was stiff. He picked the door lock easily enough and got in but the boot still wouldn't open. He left me with some lishi readings to get a new key cut but says I...
  6. A

    R129 auto glass nightmare.

    Every thing was finally perfect on car, after a month of tinkering, visits for parts to main dealers and support from forum. Real sense of achievement :-) Decided final thing to do, was get chips in windsceen repaired. They decided chips to big, need new windscreen. Then the nightmare...
  7. B

    Boot Nightmare w209

    I finished work after a 12hr night shift opened my boot to put my work bag in then tried to shut it.The boot jus kept bouncing back open.It was a very wet and windy morning in wigan(as usual),so i needed my boot shut(and to make it worse i was going on my holiday in couple of hours! I flicked...
  8. S

    The face-lifted 2008 SL (W230) - End of the nightmare?

    My 2003 SL500 (R230) has become a ticking financial time bomb. After spending my way through a series of the well-known problems, the ABC went into a meltdown (as discussed on another thread): failed strut, followed immediately by failed pump, followed immediately by o/s front suspension...
  9. A

    SL400 nightmare

    I have purchased my dream car SL400 which is now a nightmare , it's been backwards and forwards to the dealer re creaking drivers seat, they have been great in trying to repair this but finally had to have a whole new seat as couldn't find the cause, now 2 weeks in I am having same creaking...
  10. Tim203

    Landcruiser clutch nightmare

    Apologies for this not being a Benz problem but I know there are a lot of clever people on here. A work colleague has a 100 series 4.2 diesel manual that developed a strange clutch slip at constant Ioad motorway speeds. The clutch would just let go without warning . The previous owner had said...
  11. J

    Audio nightmare please help

    Just bought an ML350 sport 2011 which has a command system. When I put in a cd to play audio it says disk not recognised. I have put a cleaning dvd into the machine and that reads fine plays music and shows images but my audio cd's wont play. They are original discs not copies is there a...
  12. M

    Nightmare purchase ml270cdi 2001 help req

    Hi All I bought a 2001 ml270 with 125k on the clock, the owner said it needs the swirl flaps done and sold me it for £1500, it seemed to be on limp home mode and have very little power, kickdown didn`t work, nor did cruise control or the horn. It still got up to speed hills it struggled on...
  13. M

    Injector sealing nightmare...

    Hey! I'm new to the forum and have been following advice on other post but I'm still struggling massively. I brought an ML270 last month, with the an injector bolt snapped, and the injector half ejected from the head. So I drilled out the bolt as far as I could, tapped a new thread etc etc...
  14. M

    Mercedes car fire turns into a nightmare

    This is nuts. 4 pictures and video in the gallery .
  15. M

    2004(54) sprinter 311cdi fuel nightmare !!

    Hi my name is Robert an i maintain a fleet of vans for a small business fleet of 8. WARNING VERY LONG POST !!! I look after 6 transits one 2003 308 and this diamond of a 311 box fridge van:fail Company bought it 6 months ago for £1500 list of problems so far starter dies clutch...
  16. A

    W219 Alpine MF 2910 nightmare!

    Hi thus is my first post, after a year of indecision I decided to turn my back on the Jag and buy an E Class estate! I was going to fit my pioneer iPod head unit and removed the Alpine unit. After five minutes of realising that the glaring neon pioneer spoilt the ambience of the cabin I put the...
  17. K

    Command system help - nightmare!!

    Hi guys, Can anyhelp with the issue im having. Ive got a 2006 CLK 280 with the built in command system (sat nav etc). The problem im having is that it keeps turning on and off constantly, i cant turn the volume down or change the radio station... sometimes it settles down and stays on...
  18. grober

    Utopian Future or Nightmare Scenario

    Why Google?s driverless cars change everything - Telegraph This may be the future of transport but its not the future of motoring! As developed by GOOGLE I can visualise the scenario now. Five minutes into the journey-----Announcement--Google has detected your desired destination as...
  19. J

    R129 1995 SL60 Throttle body nightmare!

    As per title I had posted a thread concerning this car but as this is a new issue I felt a new thread would be appropriate. Some background info: I inherited this car from my brother who returned to Oz Had rough running due to a broken coil lead- running on one bank- but sometimes on 2...
  20. rom1

    Nightmare garage - finally car is right.. what would you do?

    Purchased car in June from So called merc specialist, it's had problem after problem, for the price I paid I thought I would have a car that I could drive from day 1. reported running rough poor MPG, going into limp mode generally running rough. They said said stat is fine. I don't think...
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