According to the letters page of Motoring and Leisure, if a specific bulb blows in the rear view mirror housing the car will be immobilised, as the return for the immobiliser is routed through this bulb.
The writer was adamant, having paid £124 for the breakdown (I assume including the callout)
Correct, or another urban myth??
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Having covered more than 200k in c-classes I never came across this problem. I will check with the main dealer on monday for you but it sounds like a load of pony.
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About the going rate without a call out!
See previous post:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=i&t=11...1
pmh (was peter)
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Amazingly, this is true. It affects the older C Class Mercs with the green/red locking/immobiliser lamps fitted to the interior mirror. The story goes that for UK market cars the immobiliser had to be reprogrammed to flash the red lamp continuously, for which it was not designed, therefore causing it to fail prematurely. Try the Mercedes forums for more details such as forums.mercedesclub.org.uk and search under "immobiliser".
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