W203 owner on a 53 plate

[Smay449]

Hi all,
I'm the proud owner of a C class 200 kompressor, and have been for 2.5 years now.
She's chock full of idiosyncrasies some of which I'm going to need your help to iron out.

 

[AnthonyUK]

Hi there. I hope I might be able to help with some of the queries.

 

[00slk]

Hello and welcome

 

[Smay449]

Hi all,
My w203 c class saloon has a NS brake and fog light issue. The bulbs are fine, but the fog is completely inoperative, and the brake light rarely comes on. I've replaced the lamp base, but it's still the same issue. I'm hoping it's an easy fix. Any ideas, folks?
Thanks

 

[A.J.]

Hi and welcome to the forum

 

[Blobcat]

Hello and welcome

 

[sonic]

Hi all,
My w203 c class saloon has a NS brake and fog light issue. The bulbs are fine, but the fog is completely inoperative, and the brake light rarely comes on. I've replaced the lamp base, but it's still the same issue. I'm hoping it's an easy fix. Any ideas, folks?
Thanks

Welcome, if you have replaced the base unit & the bulbs work it only leaves power down the cable. get a meter & check for voltage on the contacts.
If none work back to the fuse box see if the is power there.

 

[dry run]

Welcome

 

[Srdl]

Welcome

 

[AnthonyUK]

Welcome, if you have replaced the base unit & the bulbs work it only leaves power down the cable. get a meter & check for voltage on the contacts.
If none work back to the fuse box see if the is power there.

Or a bad earth.

@Smay449 - I guess you are also seeing a CANBUS error or does the vehicle think they are working OK?
Do you have a code reader? If not I can recommend the i980 from Icarsoft as a basic vehicle specific reader.