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Following the problems with Lehmann Bros and in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on Northern Rock, HBOS and Bradford & Bingley in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan. In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to...

My 1997 Merc E200's gearbox (four speed) is doing some funny stuff:devil: ! In the mornings if I drive off from home she will hold 1st gear and thump into 2nd and sometimes from 2nd to 3rd too. So, I usually idle in D1 for 10-15 mins and shift to D and drive off and 99% of the time she will...

My recently purchased A210 EVO was starting fine until yesterday when upon turning the key the only dash light is SRS and their is no ignition,leave it a while and turn key then their is a delay and dash lights up and she starts,this is inteermittent and causing lots of grief for wife please...

does anybody know if it is normal that the front suspension on a e320cdi 2006 gives off "clunking" sounds when going over very steep road bumps/ speed control measures? otherwise the ride is perfect

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/395473.htm Even my good lady is loving these - so a possible space to reserve on the drive if they're good news to own - what do you think?

Hello, My Alternator recently went on my 190e and i am trying to change it over with the replacement one i bought. Seems to me there are 3 main bolts undo, 2 at the front and one at the back to remove the old one. Problem is the lowest front one is so near to the metal housing that i cannot...

I 've noticed a little problem with my 722.9 transmission(7G tronic) on my '07 C350 sportrscoupe. Sometimes when i depress the throttle pedal to kick down, there is a time delay about 1-2 or 3 seconds to downshift to the second best gear for max accelaration. Do you think that it 's normal...

Hi folks have a friend with a late pre facelift W210, which is giving some troubles with the key. It wont lock or unlock the car through the buttons. Have done the simple infa red test through a camera and it does show the white light so I would think theres nothing mechanically wrong. Im...

On top of the head gasket issues I'm experiencing, the front windows have now gone on the blink.. Drivers side has had an intermittent fault for a while and fully conked out this weekend with the window down. Stripped the door card out and removed the motor which refused to turn (although it...

Thanks to the very kind donation of a Linksys wireless router form Mozzer, we are now trying to set it up. Unfortunatly, the instructions to do this do not seem to work on my computer, it does not recognise the router?? The model number is WAG54G. When I connect the phone line and the...

Hi all. I've been a long time reader here. I never had the need to ask a question before, found just about everything I wanted to know by reading. Today is different:( The wife's car, a 2001 C220 CDI Elegance auto, started as usual this morning for the school run, but after less than 5...

Hi, is anybody else having trouble sending email with Outlook to their gmail account? It is OK collecting the mail, but will not send it, get error message: 0x800ccc0e any ideas please, was working fine up until about 5.00pm this evening? cheers,

I crashed my car last night and insurance co official repairer have said its a total loss. I need some info if possible on what I should expect to be paid by them for the car. Car details - 1996 C36 AMG, silver, Climate, leather, rear spoiler with brake light, 140,000 Miles, fsh,Good...

Daughters 9th birthday tomorrow, and have ripped a load of tracks from CD's into media player. Now trying to burn them to a DVD (as there are too many for one CD) and media player keeps asking for a writeable CD. Can anybody explain what I am doing wrong?? Want to put them on a...

I need any advice that you may be able to give. This morning after just pulling on to a roundabout I had no throttle response and the car coasted to a stop. The engine ran for a while and then died with the throttle fully down. Then latter this evening on two separate occasions the car lost...

Hi everybody, Just joined the forum and hoping for a bit of advice please. My dad has just bought and collected a 51 plate CLK 230k Coupe. All seems ok apart from a bit of a wierdy on the clutch. I test drove it for him at weekend and all was fine. Today he tells me that after driving...

guys the brushes are going in the alternator on my 1999 E220 CDI how do i replace them??? do i remove the alternator some say you can slip in the brushes without displacing the alternator??? cheers for any help john

Went to fill up with Petrol again today, so pulled into the petrol station, stopped, pressed the keyless go button on the gear stick, got out and filled up. Walked into the shop to pay I noticed the headlights on, thought that was a bit strange, but I did leave the drivers window and sun roof...

Hi All! I've been searching through the threads on this forum for indicators of what might be wrong with my car. Have got a few pointers - thought I'll get some more suggestions from the guys in the know (you lot!). I have a 1998 E240 Elegance petrol - 95k miles on it. When I start my car...