yoonhoong

Hello...new on this forum, i'm running an independent shop specialist in european car...
Hope we can learn together..

NIMKISHANSA

HELLO ,

I LIVE IN ALIWAL NORTH.... A SMALL TOWN ON THE BORDER WITH THE FREE STATE AND THE EASTERN CAPE . I OWN A MERCEDES C180 CLASSIC 1991 FACELIFT . I HAVE BEEN AND STILL AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY CAR , UNTIL THE PAST FEW WEEKS . ALL OF A SUDDEN , AND WITHOUT NOTICE , THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES REFUSES TO START . AS AN EXAMPLE : THIS MORNING , AT ABOUT 4:00 , I STARTED MY CAR IN THE GARAGE AND DROVE OFF FOR AN EMERGENCY , ABOUT 6 KMS AWAY . AFTER BEING AT MY DESTINATION FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES , I GOT INTO MY CAR AGAIN TO GO HOME BUT IT SIMPLY REFUSED TO START . AFTER TRYING ABOUT 30 TIMES , I LEFT MY CAR THERE AND ASKED A FRIEND TO PICK ME UP . AT 6:30 AM , i RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE AND TRIED..... IT STARTED ..... I TOOK IT FOR A SHORT DRIVE , ABOUT ANOTHER 6 OR 7 KM . AND RETURNED TO MY WORK PLACE . I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE , WAITED A MINUTE OR SO AND TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN . IT STARTED .
AT 8:00 AM , I HAD TO GO OUT TO VISIT A CLIENT AND WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR , ONCE AGAIN IT REFUSED TO START .

IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW , AND I HAVE SHOWN IT TO A FEW MECHANICS IN TOWN , AND EVEN AFTER CONNECTING THE CAR TO THE COMPUTERS , THEY CANT SEEM TO PICK UP THE PROBLEM .

MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME WITH SOME MORE INSIGHT INTO THIS ISSUE .

Iowa boy

I'm thinking about chrome wheels for my 2010 E350. I have been looking at a company called Calchrome and another called LAwheels. Does anyone have any experience with either of them? Both offer re-chromed factory alloy exchange.

rocco1

I just bought my first new-used Mercedes, a 2009 E550 with the option 2 luxury package. Right now working on all of the gadgets. Question, how do I tell if my care is a W210, W211 or what?
TIA!

mb_21

Hey congrats on your new ride! Post some pictures!!


2003-2009= W211

2010-Current=W212

wewil

Hi, My name is Bill. I have a 1992 300e with 120,000 miles. It was given to me by a friend 2 years ago. Still in a learning curve.

wewil

Hi,my name is Bill. I have a 1992 Mercedes 300e, which was given to me by a friend. I am still in a learning curve on it.

disco3go

Hi guys my name is Albert and im from Ireland . im driving a w203 c200 kompressor ,its a 2001 model ill try toup load some pics later .
previous Mercedes I have owned inc a 1996 w124 300 diesel estate ,a 1996 ce124 coupe , 1995 w124 250 diesel , and a 1998 c250 turbo diesel estate .im having some problems with my new w203 .I trying to work out where to ask for help
thanks Albert

mmehrlich

Hello All,

My name is Marty and I own a 2010 e350. My first new car purchase ever for myself and a MB to boot. Love my car, now I have restless car syndrome and am thinking about upgrading to a bigger engine. I bought the Benz because I have three children and I thought the back seat experience was nicest in the Benz. I compared the BMW 5 series and Audi A6. I dream of an e63. Am I crazy? E550 seems like a really nice upgrade. Thoughts?

rocco1

My car was spotless this morning, but 10 miles of driving in Oh and this is what you get. I have my first problem with the car. My Iphone linked in easily, but I couldn't play pandora from the Iphone. I read that some car owners had luck by linking the Iphone in on the external function of the command center. I tried for 1/2 an hour on Sat. with no results, even after de-authorizing the previous Iphone connection. I get in the car Monday morning and the battery is dead, to my disbelief. So I set it on a trickle charger and go to work, in a different car. Today the battery is charged but my command center say's " It can't detect the radio" I have the battery checked today, because I'm thinking 5 year old car, maybe its due for a battery, turns out the battery tests fine. So I figure that the radio is malfunctioning because of the battery drain, but I'm astonished that the battery could drain so rapidly, even with the key on. Any advice on the Radio would be appreciated.

Iowa boy

I'm guessing it's the battery too. It's hard to get a car battery to last more than 5 years. We've had a little trouble getting the car to recognize the phone. We don't have a smart phone. We do have a car that I know is smarter than me!

NoGlory

Hello, I'm NoGlory from Belgium and a student Engineering at the KULeuven. I drive a 2000 W203 C220 CDI in Brilliant Silver and try to service and run it the best way I can.

Greetings and all the best wishes for the new year!

NG

umair.ak

Hey everyone happy new year's! Just joined I drive an 01 cl500 daily driven love it!

Forbidden AMG

Hi everyone, my name is Mike. I bought my first Benz about 4 years ago now and I still daily drive it. Its a 06 E55 AMG and I absolutely love the way it drives. I love to race and I'm hoping to start getting it to the level it should be at. I hoping to meet more people that share my passion.

alanbeagley

I have joined MBWorld in the expectation that I can get some genuine and unbiased advice from fellow enthusiasts. I have just bought a 5 year old S 320CDi Limo.Live near High Wycombe in the UK and am looking for a enthusiastic and reliable MB mechanic/engineer to take my car
Allthebest
Alan

p.willy

When my alternator went out I drove it for about thirty miles. It was at night and the lights were almost off so I pulled it over and shut it off ...it wouldnt turn over so i got a rade home the next day went back and it started drove bout ten miles and it just started loosing power.
So by that with a full battery I think its possible

zeduebel

Hello,

My name is eudez, from Los Angeles. I bought my ML 320 as second owner, it had 35K, now i drove 113K to it, no major problems so far.
Wanted to keep it to the max so, started to fix on my own some important vehicle maintenance to fully control the quality.
Thanks to the forum a great website to Mbenz owners.

meli1507

Hey Everybody! My names Melissa, Im from Boston... Just got my First Benz as a gift!!! happy as can be! hopefully I have enough time everyday to read all these forums! as this website is very addictive...
2011 C300 Sport 4MATIC

Vinnymary

Hello all, My name is Mary. I have a 2013 ML350 Blutec. The car only has 6600 miles and I had to call roadside to pick it up because it wouldn't go past 25 miles per hour fatter driving for 11/2 hours on a trip. The dealer is telling me it's a sensor in the engine that went bad and put the vehicle into limp home mode. They ordered the sensor but now they are telling me it's not the right one and mercedes recommended they take the part out of the engine and give them the serial number so they can order the right part. Seems strange this would happen to a new car with such low mileage. Anyone with this type of experience and feedback would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Rodney_C

My name is Rodney I am the new owner of a Mercedes S550. Had I known how great these cars were I would have bought one years ago.

aw1929

Hi Rodney and Welcome!

I'm jealous as I've always wanted an "S" body car..they're really very nice and roomy, too.

I've had three SL's, a 220S and currently, an E320 4Matic which I really like a lot. I've been driving these cars since I was 25 (40 years!) and have been using the same shop throughout that time...we're like old friends.

These cars can bite you repair cost-wise, so I make it a practice to take really good care of mine and fix even the smallest problem immediately. My E320 has almost 170,000 miles on it and it drives--and looks--like the day I bought it. They know how to build a car over there!

Good Luck!

Michael

david.oc.777

And I love to be part of this site !!! I have a c230 k.s. 05

THUNDERUP

hey whats up guys im new to the forum i own a 2003 triple black E500 sport...I always use to check this forum even before i became a memeber or bought my car ...looking foward to being apart of the fam !!!

aw1929

Thanks very much P. *****!

I made the trip fine in the E320. In fact, because the battery itself also was bad, I had to do it a second time earlier this week. I drove it about twenty miles with the headlights running a week ago, Friday, and it did that just fine, too, even with a defective battery. However, I manually charged the battery for several hours before I did any of these trips.

Now I see that the left two thirds of the instrument cluster lamps are dead, inexplicably. So now I have another project. I think I will just buy lamps and do the work myself unless my shop decides to be nice to me on this one. It happened immediately after the last trip there, though I can't imagine what they might have done to cause such a thing and, as I've said elsewhere, I've used them for forty years on all my MB's without a single problem, so I'm not wanting to point a finger at them! Things happen, that's all.

Have a great day and a good weekend, everyone!

Michael

hook57

Happy New Year to all. I have been interested and wanting a MB E320 for quite sometime. Finally found the one, a "Pewter" 2004 E320 4matic with 58K miles and one owner. Have been reading as much as I can and looking forward to enjoying this fine machine. Anyone know if a MB dealer will furnish me with the mx history for the vehicle? Just looking to see if any or all recall/service bulletins have been taken care of. It was a local trade at an Audi dealer and I wasn't able to get any mx info from them.
Much thanks.
Mark