coneybiller
Active Member
Hi all, thought I'd Say hello here before making any posts.
Hello!
Just bought myself an '02 S210 320cdi, 144k on the clock in what I believe is Capri blue. Part ex'd my '06 Mondeo ST TDCi saloon with 176k. Gave me £1k for that which I was OK with. It meant all a I had to pay was £940 for the merc. Now it's not without its faults, but I liked the car enough to buy it.
It has the electric memory leather pneumatic seats up front which seem to work but I'm clueless as to how to use them. PDC front and rear (with 1 sensor partially reading 3/4 most times. 7 seats and what I believe to be the Bose sound system.
I'm currently sat in "sextons" in Gloucester waiting for my new alpine Headunit to be installed, which means I can use my iPhone to supply 1000s of tracks to my ears! Yay!
Faults I've discovered:
Boot doesn't lock and the open handle sticks in the open position.
Cruise control doesn't work over 40mph.
Viscous fan runs permanently.
Temp doesn't tend to get above 60/70degC.
Front parking sensor reading 3/4 most of the time.
Front suspension seems to bottom out over small speed ramps.
Gearbox can intermittently be a bit jerky/hesitant (typically smooth when test driving).
Rear fog lights not working.
Xenon headlights are 2 different colours.
Dings and dents (one of which is on the roof)
Tyres different sizes front to rear and utter ditch finders too (front-225/45R17 rear-235/45R17).
Wheels badly corroded and silver painted over the top .
Only 1 key.
That's my sh1t list that needs fixing. Other than that, it's a lovely drive. It will increase in mileage massively with my 600+miles per week commute. But I'd like to look after it while my nippers (x2) are little before I eventually buy myself a toy to play with
She's getting a new fan clutch and belt, and maybe idlers and tensioner while we're in there. That should help the noise and increase the MpG figures a little! While she's on the ramp I'm gonna have a good browse and see if it's falling apart, as was very difficult to see on the floor!
Any pointers towards my fault list would be appreciated.
I look forward to browsing the forums and contributing where I can!
Cheers
Ben
Oh and appologies for the looooong post!!
Hello!
Just bought myself an '02 S210 320cdi, 144k on the clock in what I believe is Capri blue. Part ex'd my '06 Mondeo ST TDCi saloon with 176k. Gave me £1k for that which I was OK with. It meant all a I had to pay was £940 for the merc. Now it's not without its faults, but I liked the car enough to buy it.
It has the electric memory leather pneumatic seats up front which seem to work but I'm clueless as to how to use them. PDC front and rear (with 1 sensor partially reading 3/4 most times. 7 seats and what I believe to be the Bose sound system.
I'm currently sat in "sextons" in Gloucester waiting for my new alpine Headunit to be installed, which means I can use my iPhone to supply 1000s of tracks to my ears! Yay!
Faults I've discovered:
Boot doesn't lock and the open handle sticks in the open position.
Cruise control doesn't work over 40mph.
Viscous fan runs permanently.
Temp doesn't tend to get above 60/70degC.
Front parking sensor reading 3/4 most of the time.
Front suspension seems to bottom out over small speed ramps.
Gearbox can intermittently be a bit jerky/hesitant (typically smooth when test driving).
Rear fog lights not working.
Xenon headlights are 2 different colours.
Dings and dents (one of which is on the roof)
Tyres different sizes front to rear and utter ditch finders too (front-225/45R17 rear-235/45R17).
Wheels badly corroded and silver painted over the top .
Only 1 key.
That's my sh1t list that needs fixing. Other than that, it's a lovely drive. It will increase in mileage massively with my 600+miles per week commute. But I'd like to look after it while my nippers (x2) are little before I eventually buy myself a toy to play with
She's getting a new fan clutch and belt, and maybe idlers and tensioner while we're in there. That should help the noise and increase the MpG figures a little! While she's on the ramp I'm gonna have a good browse and see if it's falling apart, as was very difficult to see on the floor!
Any pointers towards my fault list would be appreciated.
I look forward to browsing the forums and contributing where I can!
Cheers
Ben
Oh and appologies for the looooong post!!
