Mercedes C350 EML

[AllyBassman]

I picked up my first Mercedes last night, a MY2012 C350cdi Estate. Absolutley fell in love with it on the test drive and really turned my head away from BMW!

Fired the car up after completing the paperwork etc and the engine light was on...typical.

I bought it from a Ford dealer, their workshop had closed so was advised to drive it and see how it is. The car drived fine, pulled well, no juddering etc. So advised to take it home and ring them in the morning if it's still on...which ofcourse it is.

Used my trusty obdc scanner to pull some fault codes:

Here is what it found.

Motor Electronics (MB: 0064467140)

14B200: : Fault: Component ''Hot film mass air flow sensor'' has a plausibility error. Component 'Hot film mass air flow sensor' has a plausibility error. / Fault: DFC_AFSSetyDrftMin: plausibility check of the upper sensitivity drift limit


161D00: : Fault: The signal voltage of component ''B19 (Catalytic converter temperature sensor)'' is too high. The signal voltage of component 'B19/9 (Temperature sensor upstream of diesel particulate filter)' is too high.

PARK - Parking system (N62) (MB: 1729011300)

C44700: : Fault: Implausible data has been received by the Central Gateway.

SAM - Signalerfass- und Ansteuermodul (N10) (MB: 2129015204)

A37971: Fault: The wiper motor has blocked Funktionsstoerung.Der actuator. The wiper motor has a malfunction. The actuator blocked.


- I guess the top two would be the ones more likley to throw up a EML? Some googling has not found much with regards to an obvious issue. So any help would be much appreciated!

Cheers

Alasdair

[GreenV8S]

AllyBassman said:

any help would be much appreciated!

Not your problem, and even if you're capable of solving this yourself you shouldn't do since it may compromise your rights.

Give it back to the seller and tell them you expect it to be free of faults and fit for purpose unless these are explicitly agreed in the terms of the sale. If you're in the UK you have the right to reject the vehicle without question within the first 30 days if it is not as described but after that time your rights reduce. If you have tampered with the car in the meantime or continue using it you give the seller grounds to argue that you caused [ some of ] the problems and / or that it is evidently fit for purpose since you're still using it.

[AllyBassman]

GreenV8S said:

Not your problem, and even if you're capable of solving this yourself you shouldn't do since it may compromise your rights.

Give it back to the seller and tell them you expect it to be free of faults and fit for purpose unless these are explicitly agreed in the terms of the sale. If you're in the UK you have the right to reject the vehicle without question within the first 30 days if it is not as described but after that time your rights reduce. If you have tampered with the car in the meantime or continue using it you give the seller grounds to argue that you caused [ some of ] the problems and / or that it is evidently fit for purpose since you're still using it.

Thanks, good to know. I hope they don't start playing silly buggers, i'm awaiting a call back from them.

I guess my counter arguement would be that I was told by the sales person to drive it home and call them if the light did not go out..this was witnessed by my friend who dropped me off at the dealership.

[GreenV8S]

At this stage you don't need a counter argument and just need to assert your rights. That could change if you work on the car yourself, or fail to assert your rights quickly enough.