Aux Heater

[Mike J]

Hi all
I am a new boy in the forum and this is my first posting.
I am the proud owner of a W210 220CDI, What a fantastic piece of kit
Have had the car for 14 months and have done 16,000 miles in it
and still have a grin from ear to ear every time i drive it.
The car is going in for a service for the first time since I bought it and I need some info from you long term Mercedes owners.
The manual states that it has an auxilary heater that kicks in when the
temperature drops below 5deg worked by a button inside the ashtray cover, (light on heater off and visa versa) how can I tell if it is working as it does not seem to make any difference to the amount of time that it takes to get warm air into the car.
Regards
Mike J

 

[taxi]

I know what you mean my C220cdi has the same system with the on off switch and it doesnt seem to have any effect on the heater warm up time, I checked the fuses but I will be intrested to see any replies that you get on this, Steve

 

[JonW]

I need to go and look at mine then, I thought reading the book it was an optional bit I didn't have Mine is a 2004 C220 CDI