faraway_flossie
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HI there
We have a V280 people carrier around 6 years olds.
We've had a problem where the car is overheating from time to time. We've had it in to a Merc main garage who told us the air con compressor had failed. As our warranty wouldn't cover their labour charges, we took it to an aircon speciallist, who told us the air con compressor was fine, and the air con was coming on soon as you turn the ignition on. They found some wires to the fans which the insulation had been stripped off, and thought this may be causing the problem. They replaced the wiring, let the car idle for some time, had no sign of overheating and sent the car back to us. All seemed fine and haven't had any problems for the 10 days since.
Have just had it serviced by a local garage, who have found that the temp had got somewhere between 100 and 120 and no fans cutting in.
Anyone got any ideas what the problem might be (keep the answer's simple as I'm a woman and don't really understand cars very well!!!)
Any help much appreciated!
We have a V280 people carrier around 6 years olds.
We've had a problem where the car is overheating from time to time. We've had it in to a Merc main garage who told us the air con compressor had failed. As our warranty wouldn't cover their labour charges, we took it to an aircon speciallist, who told us the air con compressor was fine, and the air con was coming on soon as you turn the ignition on. They found some wires to the fans which the insulation had been stripped off, and thought this may be causing the problem. They replaced the wiring, let the car idle for some time, had no sign of overheating and sent the car back to us. All seemed fine and haven't had any problems for the 10 days since.
Have just had it serviced by a local garage, who have found that the temp had got somewhere between 100 and 120 and no fans cutting in.
Anyone got any ideas what the problem might be (keep the answer's simple as I'm a woman and don't really understand cars very well!!!)
Any help much appreciated!