W203 C180 Avantgarde Audio 10 - Snap, crackle pop!

[Mike Walker]

In a previous thread I noted radio /display cutting out intermittently and then returning a few seconds later with no obvious reason for fault apart, I thought, from passing under national grid overhead cables????

Car is in for A service at Main Dealer so I asked them to advise... They say well known fault and radio is overheating. Remedy is to fit plate with fans on to rear of radio. Costs are £46.00 + VAT for parts £100.00 labour = £160.00 total. I asked about cost of new radio and was told circa £450.00.
Car is out of warranty obviously and they say not an MB recall item

Any thoughts/comments on what to do next gratefully received.

 

[Dieselman]

You can pick W203 Audio10 up on ebay for about £20 if the set is fubar. Why not just add a computer fan behind the unit.?

 

[robert.saunders]

£450 for a new one Crikey

 

[Mike Walker]

Thanks for responses - mines a Becker I think

 

[Howard]

Either Ebay , or try Euromerc .

PM Nick_Mercedes ( he's Mr Euromerc )

 

[Dieselman]

Thanks for responses - mines a Becker I think

I thought all the W203 units were Alpine, irrespective just buy another if it's duff. The curved front makes them usless for any other car hence cheap as chips.

 

[Stratman]

The spare one I have (after a Comand retrofit) is definitely a Becker, BE6021 for spotters. As Dieselman says, they are so cheap secondhand it isn't worth selling it, rather it's a keeper should the Comand ever come out.