That's nothing! My new merc shut down whilst driving on the motorway at 100km/h with the power assisted steering and brakes becoming so heavy they didn't work. I eventually slowed down and then had to wait 30mins before I could restart. Then soon after the ignition key decoded itself so I needed to use the spare key to start the car. The only problem was that the spare key was a one hour drive away. The computer has since blown itself up and been replaced, and when the indicator globe blew all the associated wiring needed replacing. Whilst winding up the electric windows the entire panel housing the buttons fell off and the sunroof and windows constantly get stuck and need resetting. The engine has rattled since new and Mercedes says they cannot do anything about it, thats how it comes. I could continue for hours but I wouldn't want to bore you, so if you're in the market for a Mercedes, my advice would be look elseware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter K [peterkub@hotmail.com]

That's nothing! My new merc shut down whilst driving on the motorway at 100km/h with the power assisted steering and brakes becoming so heavy they didn't work. I eventually slowed down and then had to wait 30mins before I could restart. Then soon after the ignition key decoded itself so I needed to use the spare key to start the car. The only problem was that the spare key was a one hour drive away. The computer has since blown itself up and been replaced, and when the indicator globe blew all the associated wiring needed replacing. Whilst winding up the electric windows the entire panel housing the buttons fell off and the sunroof and windows constantly get stuck and need resetting. The engine has rattled since new and Mercedes says they cannot do anything about it, thats how it comes. I could continue for hours but I wouldn't want to bore you, so if you're in the market for a Mercedes, my advice would be look elseware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter K [peterkub@hotmail.com]

Lucky it was only the heating. My Jag X-Type threw me a serious gearbox error and shut down all power when I was doing over 60MPH on a rural french D road. I managed to pull safely over to the side of the road (luckily I wasn't going faster on a motorway or overtaking at the time). Once stopped I turned the ignition off, left it for a couple of minutes and restarted - everything worked fine again!!!! Luckily its the only time its happened - scary though.

Yes I have heard this twice. Both people i know, and not heresay. One was stopped on a petrol forecourt and wouldn't start. Mechanic had to disconnect the battery and re-connect. Signals from the pumps, thats why mobiles need to turned off when fuelling!
The next was adjacent to an electricity sub station, street level transformer, and had to be moved away to reboot!

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why your blog page is so wide that it won't fit in my screen?

I have to keep on scrolling left and right for every line?

How do I fix this problem?

Please email me with the fix? I can see you are the kind of guy who would know the answer, especialy since it is your own blog that is doing this behavior!

joseph [josephx@canada.com]

Try closing all the WINDOWS and start again:-)

Lars Fischer

It doesn't surprise me at all. In fact you're lucky your dad only has problems with the heating.

Have a look at this:
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20050205&Category=ZNYT05&ArtNo=502050372&SectionCat=pollarchive

Daniel

LOL, I've never heard of that before!