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After owning Toyotas for the last twenty years, I took the plunge and bought a 55 plate CLK 280. I love the car, but in the four weeks I've owned it I've already had a couple of 'faults'. First a cam sensor needed replacing and today, with fuel in the tank and a range of 30 miles showing, it ran...

Good evening folks. Picked up a 1990 260e last week to use as a weekend runaround and to tinker with and polish! Loving the car so far (it's a very tidy well specced 1 lady owner car with 100k and FSH) but having some trouble with the engine temp. It never runs above 60 deg. Had a search...

Hi lads and lassies,anyone know where i can get a sam lighting unit other than the stealers, and if this unit needs reprograming.headbash!

firsty, hello :D new here and new to MB's as a whole! primarily from a Peugeot and BMW background so i'm completely out of my comfort zone knowing nothing atall about these cars yet, but nothing i won't familiarise myself with i've got an '02 CL55 AMG with what seems like the dreaded ABC issues...

EML light. On for about an hour today then off. Its had its full service and the new manifolds. Most disconcerting to drive around with this one.... It's gone off. I was thinking hopefully maybe the cold weather and that it was left in the snow/ice all week might have something to do with it...

Hi everyone,first post here after a bit of lurking.:o I have a 2001 Sprinter 311CDI,the clutch was starting to slip abit....and now has gone. I can get it into gear,and if I rev it high the van will move. When I put the van into reverse gear...it moves forward! (this only happened after the...

Evening all My cars been really putting me trough the mill off late , since September this year its been off the road more than on it . :doh: its a 211 E 200 kompressor , so far ive had to replace both cam sprockets cam chain and an intake hall sensor . The head gasket then want and this...

Folks, I have a 2004 CLK500, which was pre-wired for phone (it had the little connector in the top of the armrest). I installed The HFP cradle and have absolutely no problems hooking up with Bluetooth, downloading contacts etc. The problem starts when I am on a call. The in car clarity is...

Greetings, Citizens. Last weekend I bought myself an Apple TV (strictly, an ATV2) on a whim. I thought it might be a good gadget and as I now have quite a collection of movies stored on hard drive, I thought it might be fun to try some of this new-fangled "streaming". First hurdle is that it...

My car seems to be getting worse... At motorway speeds, the car will be fine just had the tracking done drive nice and straight, then it will steer itself into the next lane, usually left! but can go ride too... the steering will become very light, correct, over correct, then continue to go...

My car seems to be getting worse... At motorway speeds, the car will be fine just had the tracking done drive nice and straight, then it will steer itself into the next lane, usually left! but can go ride too... the steering will become very light, correct, over correct, then continue to go...

My local MB dealer just did a healthcheck on my SL55 AMG and told me that my front shocker ball joints have excessive wear. They said the remedy would involve replacing the entire strut leg! The parts they quoted were: 230 320 44 13 - O/S/F HYDROPNEUMATIC SPRING LEG 230 320 45 13 - N/S/F...

Having recently been on holiday, the last time I parked up my car I unfortunately left the parking lights on (the light switch is unlike any other ive ever used) The result was a very dead battery. Now I hate Jumpstarting cars, its not ideal and really doesnt do any favours, BUT she was parked...

Hi all. Can anyone please help me? I am running MS Outlook 2007, which is fully up to date, all periodical updates are implemented, including all ones for the junk filter. My problem is that there are several junk email suppliers which the junk filter persistently fails to weed out. Each...

As the Tax is due on my car and the MOT also expires at the end of the month I thought I would try to re-new my tax online as soon as I received the reminder. The web site didn't recognise my current MOT so I had to put the car in early. Well it failed! Both rear brake pipes corroded and...

hey guys,got a late 97 c250td with a few electrical problems possibly related?within the last week my o/s/r ,n/sf and o/s/f windows stopped working days within each other.my alarm then stopped working .just before it stopped working the range was getting closer and closer so tryed new batterys...

Hi all, I have just spent a lovely Sunday working on my 300TD as it is MOT time: It failed on smoke, CV gaiters, parking brake. 1. I Moly Lube Diesel purged and must admit to being amazed by the results, it is quieter and the smokiness has gone... result 2. Now, I knew these had gone...

I have had my new W212 E250 for just 18 months when (Thurs 30 Jun) it failed to start on my drive. I rang Mobilo who had someone at my door 45mins later (excellent service) they quickly got the engine started from their booster pack and carried out diagnostics on the star. Their conclusion was...

Hi all, I’ve just fitted a towbar to our 09 W211, which was problem free with the exception of replacement boot panels to hide the boot strengthening brackets ( I can’t believe that Mercedes designed a car that needs additional strengtheners for towing, but that’s another story). The local...

Evening all. I have a problem that's just reared it's head with my 94 300 SL-24. Bear with me whilst I explain properly :o The car is fitted with an aftermarket sigma alarm and immobiliser system which operates the central locking too. It locked the doors and boot, but strangely did not...