issues after car wash ! cls 320 cdi

[nazzer]

Hi, I recently went thru a drive thru car wash and have experienced a couple of weird faults. I don't know if they are connected.

Firstly approx 1 hour after the wash, the car had been stood for 10 mins, when I tried to start the car it gave an abs error message, then moved onto a srs error message - read manual. After many attempts to start the car nothing changed, I could not even turn the key. then I tried the spare key, and it worked, and the regular key was also accepted. I think this was just a co-incidence and something got damp and then dried out. Any suggestions what to look for I could do with avoiding this in the future...

Secondly tonight my drivers electric window has failed. There is a crunching noise when pressing the button to move the window, but the window doesn't move. I'm hoping it's just come off the runner ?

thanks in advance for any suggestions or input to these little niggles.

Cheers

 

[AndyPCD]

It may be that water had got into one of the front sams causing this problem.

The window regulators are prone to the cables snapping will probably require a new regulator.

 

[Zulu 10]

Secondly tonight my drivers electric window has failed. There is a crunching noise when pressing the button to move the window, but the window doesn't move. I'm hoping it's just come off the runner ?

thanks in advance for any suggestions or input to these little niggles.

Cheers

There's an excellent write up on how to get into, and how to repair the regulator:
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/part...indow-regulator-snapped-cable-repair-diy.html

I subsequently added some additional tips including where to buy all the parts to effect a repair for less than a tenner.

Alternatively, if you're so minded then you could spend £200 on a new regulator.