New member hoping to get advice with issues: horn, blinkers, and wipers not working
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Mercedes Benz C230 Kompressor 2000
New member hoping to get advice with issues: horn, blinkers, and wipers not working
Hello! New member here thankful to join the community 
I have a C230 Kompressor year 2000 with about 176k miles on it. I left for college and didn't start it between the months of late September - early December, and when I came back to start it the battery had died. After replacing the battery with a new one, I discovered the horn, windshield wipers/windshield wash system, and all blinkers do not work. I called a local mechanic who said it is common for the windshield motor to leak transmission fluid, however it had never been an issue before just a few months back.
I'm wondering if the issue may be a faulty windshield switch lever since that lever also controls the blinkers? Possibly something inside the steering wheel went faulty as well since the horn doesn't work? Any advice or guidance on where I could find some ways to fix these issues would be greatly appreciated.
I'm considering selling this car since I won't be using it that much in college. Since I'm new to this community, what value do y'all think my Mercedes might be worth if I end up selling it?
Thank you very much.
I have a C230 Kompressor year 2000 with about 176k miles on it. I left for college and didn't start it between the months of late September - early December, and when I came back to start it the battery had died. After replacing the battery with a new one, I discovered the horn, windshield wipers/windshield wash system, and all blinkers do not work. I called a local mechanic who said it is common for the windshield motor to leak transmission fluid, however it had never been an issue before just a few months back.
I'm wondering if the issue may be a faulty windshield switch lever since that lever also controls the blinkers? Possibly something inside the steering wheel went faulty as well since the horn doesn't work? Any advice or guidance on where I could find some ways to fix these issues would be greatly appreciated.
I'm considering selling this car since I won't be using it that much in college. Since I'm new to this community, what value do y'all think my Mercedes might be worth if I end up selling it?
Thank you very much.
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1999 & 2005 C230 Kompressor
I think your issues are all related to the battery. Strange things happen when your car battery runs out or gets disconnected. I just replaced the battery in my 99 C230 the other day. Even though the old battery wasn't dead, just disconnecting the terminals to swap out the batteries caused some things to not work. I think my windows wouldn't go up/down and my sunroof wouldn't open. Eventually everything started working again.
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2000 CLK 320
IT IS THE FUSE. IF THE BLINKER ALONG WITH THE WIPERS AND THE HORN DO NOT WORK AT THE SAME TIME PUT IN NEW BLUE FUSES IN THE SLOTS FOR THE HORN BLLINKERS ETC. this happend to me when i busted a headlight then all the power went to one light and blew the fuse even though they were brand new. drove like that for weeks before i replaced them over again. with the original fuses... FUSE bruise YOU lose
