Hi
I have a 1995 E280 Estate, a previous owner has obviously tried to remove the wood trim around the heater and A/C controls judging by the small areas of damage around the perimeter where he has tried levering it off with a screw driver. My probelm is the 3 buttons for the aircon feel as though they are stuck in --no movement at all when pressed. The EC button seems to have a life of its own and sometimes lights up and on other occassions stay off. I'd like to fix the problem which I guess will mean locating a new control panel with working buttons. Two bits of help/advice I would greatly appreciate. 1 is the control panel generic for cars with a/c? ie.the top switch holes are all there but accomodate the appropriate switches depending on model--eg. rear wipe for estate. and the wood facia dictates hwere the swithces are located?
2. How do you remove the wood trim panel. I guess if I knew the answer to removing the trim the other question would answer itself. If it is really complicated I can continue to live the the lucky dip as to whether the A/C will come on or not. When the EC red light comes on, swithcing the engine off and starting again often puts it in the opposite state and once the car is running it doesn't change until next time the ignition is turned off.
Car is great, Ebay purchase with 110,000 on, done 27,000 since I bought it a year ago. Thanks for any advice.
I have a 1995 E280 Estate, a previous owner has obviously tried to remove the wood trim around the heater and A/C controls judging by the small areas of damage around the perimeter where he has tried levering it off with a screw driver. My probelm is the 3 buttons for the aircon feel as though they are stuck in --no movement at all when pressed. The EC button seems to have a life of its own and sometimes lights up and on other occassions stay off. I'd like to fix the problem which I guess will mean locating a new control panel with working buttons. Two bits of help/advice I would greatly appreciate. 1 is the control panel generic for cars with a/c? ie.the top switch holes are all there but accomodate the appropriate switches depending on model--eg. rear wipe for estate. and the wood facia dictates hwere the swithces are located?
2. How do you remove the wood trim panel. I guess if I knew the answer to removing the trim the other question would answer itself. If it is really complicated I can continue to live the the lucky dip as to whether the A/C will come on or not. When the EC red light comes on, swithcing the engine off and starting again often puts it in the opposite state and once the car is running it doesn't change until next time the ignition is turned off.
Car is great, Ebay purchase with 110,000 on, done 27,000 since I bought it a year ago. Thanks for any advice.
