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A M8 of mine NEEDS!! A Driveshaft, Front Drivers Side for a 1999 A190 Petrol Manual VIN - WDB 168 0322J3 12188 Reg - V36 OKL GSF,EuroCarParts, local Motor Factors etc don't stock them. EuroCarParts & Mercedes of Oxford / Mercedes-Benz Parts, Inchcape have given the part number...

Hi there, A colleague of mine has a 1999 W168 A140 that has an annoying problem. The remote central locking has recently stopped working (replacing the fob battery has not resolved the issue) so the car has to be unlocked via the door lock. However, this sets the alarm off, which continues to...

Hi all, I'm new to owning an A Class so I'm searching the internet for answers to questions that are cropping up. So could someone please tell me what the 'lever' is for at the end of the air filter housing? It appears that it can be rotated up and down and there's a symbol that seems to...

Hi Guys, I'm new here so, firstly hello to you all. I'm trying to fix a little problem with my W168 A Class that will not light up. The small side bulbs come on but the 2 pin large halogen ones do not. When the switch is moved to full beam, the full lights come on, but still the halogen dipped...

Hi, GF car A Class 2003 (W168) 2.1 Evo, was looked at this morning, luckily it wasn't the MAF as suspected. The Camshaft Sensor and Crank Position Sensor both require changing. For this she has been quoted £450 for parts alone - is that a fair price? I've searched Euromerc and Euro Car...

Hi all, in March I had the front discs and pads replaced on my A160. since then the car has developed an odd click noise when you press the peddle. The click happens a second or so after the peddle is pressed and can be quite loud at low speeds. Its not the ABS kicking in and the discs and...

I am replacing the cam shaft and rockers on my 2001 A160 (been stood for 3 years). Managed to find the rockers no problem (LUK make them) but can't find anywhere that sells the cam shaft other than Mercedes which as you can imagine is at a premium. Can find camshafts for lots of other Mercs but...

W169 mirrors Having recently bought a pre-facelift W169 A Class, I am surprised to find that the door mirrors do not manually fold as they do on other MBs. With enough force they do fold in the event of a collision, but I don't think this is an every day solution for folding them. Has anyone...

I'm tempted by an A-class (W168) diesel, but I'm a bit confused by the various gearbox options. Could someone please explain them to me. I think there are 3/4 flavours: manual - easy enough to understand semi-auto - is this essentially a manual gearbox with automatic clutch actuator, as in...

As daft as it may seem the 53 A140 SE Classic does not make any noise when you leave the lights on. Is this a "feature", or is it broken... Advice much appreciated. Cheers Brian

As some of you may remember I had a few issues with my car which involved engine out and rebuild. An annoying side effect was the once rebuilt there is massive interference on MW/LW. The indy who fixed it have tried to solve it to no avail looking at rear window aerial and surpressors etc and it...

Hi! I think I've asked this before (and didn't get any replies if I recall) but I thought I'd have a go once again. I have a W168 petrol car which is one of the last manufactured of the old design (2004). From reading other threads here on the forum I've come to understand that probably the...

Some inconsiderate person scraped my wifes A160 in Asda deftly removing the repeater lamp on the offside front wing. Having obtained a replacement pair of lamps and fitted them I now have a situation where there are no indicator lamps working on the offside and the repeater lamp on the nearside...

Hi, On the above car which I have been looking at, how can one tell which airbags are fitted? As I understand it both front and rear side bags are options as are curtain airbags full length. Like the VW range, if an airbag is fitted does it have a useful 'airbag' bage on the location (look...

I looked in my autodata and it said EDC, eg a VP37/VP44 rotary injection pump, but that can't be right for a CDI? Surely it must be common rail? Also can anyone tell me if it's cambelt or chain driven and any common issues with this engine? Regards, Greg.

I have an A class 160 which fails to start. There is no life at all when the ignition key is turned. I have taken it to garages who have repalced an exhaust management sensor?! and another who put it on a diagnostic and said it was the starter motor. I don't think it is any of these as all of...

Since last year I have had an intermittent starting problem on my wife’s milk float AKA W168 A160 L. The problem was that the car would not turn over, the dash ignition lights would either not come on or just the SRS light would be illuminated. If I waited or tried again a few times the car...

I have just noticed Haynes have just published a A class W168 manual details here. http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=46051&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10215 Knowing my current luck this has probably been posted already...

My wife's w168 has suddenly developped a noisy wiper arm. It "squeels" when moving. I was planning on putting some WD40 on the spring and base mechanism. Anybody can see a reason why not?