Fellow listers,
My father-in-law has a '98 C230 that has a mysterious code in the bottom center of the dash. When you start the car, a graphic symbol of a wrench, which blinks and a negative number, which starts at -27 and counts down appears.
What does this mean? Is this another excuse to get you into the dealer?
On another topic, I currently have a Volvo 850, which I've been very satisfied with. However, it's gettting up in miles (282,000) and I'm thinking about a newer car. The one thing I do not want is proprietary OBD codes for diagnostics, meaning only the dealer has access to the device to read fault codes. I'm not a guy who tolerates being corralled, so the question is does Mercedes have the same proprietary practices or can you get the codes by plugging in a standard OBD device/reader?
Thanks....