W202 C240 1998 Electrical Gremlins

[AUW202]

Hi All, new to the forum, got myself a nice old 98 C240 down here in Australia. Unfortunately have a few electrical gremlins creeping in. It has had issues with the front power windows in the past, but I think this is due to moisture more than anything. But got in today and found the wipers, indicators, central locking, boot release, windows and not working. Starts & stops fine, all dash lights are good and no error codes. Thinking of disconnecting the battery and hoping a reset works, but a bit concerned it might cause issues with the EIS. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[noogieman]

Welcome to the forum.

Do you have moisture Down Under?
Thought there was only warm spring weather and hot summer days all year long?

About your car it could be a bad relay causing you electrical gremlins?

 

[AUW202]

Welcome to the forum.

Do you have moisture Down Under?
Thought there was only warm spring weather and hot summer days all year long?

About your car it could be a bad relay causing you electrical gremlins?

Hi, yeah, we get a spot of rain from time to time, nothing too concerning.
I disconnected the battery for 30 mins and then reconnected and all was OK - so I would assume it could be a relay, all the fuses were OK.
I will keep an eye on it and see where it goes from there.
Thanks for your reply.

 

[RogerSausage]

Couple of possibilities for that one. Either the EIS itself is having a wobble (on our cars the EIS is the CAN gateway where messages are shared across the engine, chassis and body networks), or the front SAM/fusebox.

 

[noogieman]

Best thing to do is to take your car to a garage and they will check for possible stored error codes.
Otherwise we will all second guess what the culprit is with your car.
Take it to a MB specialist not the dealership as their recently hired non experianced spring chicken mechanics mostly only know about new cars technology and nothing about real Mercedes cars like the w202.