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Hi all - I came to use the rear middle seatbelt today for the very first time as I had 4 passengers plus me. However strangely we couldn't work out how to work the seatbelt!! (It's a 65 plate C250 W205). It seems that the fastner is BELOW the plastic 'button' which is set into the belt...

Hi All, I'm going to look at a 300E (lpg fitted) tomorrow. Advertised as 1994 first registered, but from the factory in 1989, only 22k miles - and looks it. Images show clearly a phase two car and there's an airbag. I just wondered when they were first fitted. I've a 1991 without...

HI, Assyst has just flashed up on the dashboard that i am due a B service on my 59 plate E220 (265k miles !!) and whilst trawling the internet for details of what a B service entails i come across the Elecronic Service Sheet provided by Merc ( ESS link and after putting my details in it...

I wonder if some of those who've owned a Mercedes for a few years could help me understand this please... When I purchased my 2007 SL 350 in September last year I knew the last service had been in mid April 2010 and was an A service so the next would be a B service. I also understand the...

Driving up the M1 in the early hours of Sunday morning. Not a car in sight on the particular stretch I was on. I had Distronic Plus on and set at 70 on the dot. Then all of a sudden the Pre-Safe Brake warning came on and beeped a good 6 times, before the car backed off a little (or braked, not...

I pick my wife up from work and often pull up and wait around for a while. My lights are on auto and I have noticed that if I switch the engine off (key all the way counter clockwise) and stay in the car then the headlights will go out but the interior trim lights and dials stay lit. Turn...

This is weird to say the least :confused:

Hello folks, Could anyone advise me as to possible cause or advice for odd behaviour of the preglow warning light on my 1999 W202 C220 CDI. I turn on the ignition and on come all the usual console lights including the preglow waring light. After a few seconds the preglow warning light goes out...

Guys 'had the old W124's Rad changed out following a pressure test (whereby the old rad failed at the top header seam.) This was done as precaution as we're touring abroad very soon :cool: Occasionally the low coolant level warning light comes on the dash, ( the Temp gauge never goes...