gomdomin

every 2 or 3 months a light burns out it could on the front or the back does any one have the same problem?

blas0827

yes thats a benz normal i change a bulb and 2week later customer is back with a different one out

my06clk

Excuse me for saying this but I must say that you are some peice of work for a technician to make that statement and your shop must be the envy of New Jersey.

It seems to me that anyone who has to change bulbs at such frequency sooner or later a light ( no pun intended ) would go off in their heads...

blas0827

lol

Quadcammer

they used to claim this was normal with the 210 as well, but I haven't had one light burn out in over three years of 210/220 ownership.

Oxygen

My driver's side blinker bulb in the headlight is out and I see now way of reaching down there with your hand to pull it out... and you can't pull the headlight out without taking the bumper off.. so what do I do?

gomdomin

i have been take car many time to the stealer and they just keep changing it i ask them why is this problem with the car they say that most of these car came with the problem i try to talk to a lawyer about the car if i could file for lemon and he told me im just going to waist my time and money its just a light bulb

platt-deutsch

I might suggest hooking a Digital Voltmeter to the Cig. Lighter plug and monitor the charging voltage as you drive..If it is exceeding 15 volts DC there is problem with voltage regulator.. 13.8 to 14.2 is quite normal. I made a adapter to plug my voltmeter into the cig lighter plug..

whoover

Later 220s have a voltage monitor screen on the cluster. Enter the maintenance mode (turn the key one click, make sure the cluster display is in the odometer mode, press the R button three times). Start the car and use the steering wheel button to page throught the maintenance menu until you see the voltage readout.

platt-deutsch

And it is available on the climate control readout also..

Oxygen

For the W220 and W215:

Make sure your MFD is displaying the MILES screen.

Turn Key to OFF

Turn Key to ON

Press the R button (right side of cluster) three times while the SRS light is on:



If you pressed the reset button 3 times while the SRS light is on and you were on the MILES screen, your display will display your voltage:



You can scroll through the various screens using the page up / page down controls on the left side of the steering wheel:



You'll see the car model, engine type, oil level (when running), software versions, VIN # and a bunch of other information:

Oxygen

This is from the diagnostics menu on the Climatronic unit...

To activate this menu, PRESS and HOLD the REST button for 5 seconds (or until you see NR.00: ......)

You can navigate through the almost 99 menus using the driver's side temperature control (up/down)...

These are the ones that I was able to figure out... I skipped many of them because I simply have no idea what they are showing...

Current Cabin Temperature:



Outside Temperature:



Coolant Temperature:



Current Engine RPM:



Current Speed (updates INSTANTLY (unlike the MFD which has a delay)):



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These were all in German:











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This is possibly some kind of torque? Measured in Nm...



This is probably power related, measured in Ma...

Oxygen

Quick legend for the Climatronic diagnostic menu:

S5504U2NV

Oxygen you don't have to remove the bumper to take the lights out as the dealer wants you to believe. Lift your hood and you will see where the lights are bolted in. At the bottom look toward middle where grill would be if hood was closed. Unscrew then pull up enough to get light out and you can do whatever you need. Good luck

Oxygen

Thanks, I will give that a try!

jmiaebrown

Did it work?