But they do have needs. And when you get a Benz that is fast approaching it's 30th birthday, they can have many needs. Fortunately you have found a good forum to help you through some of these problems. I would really recommend Lind, that you go through the DIY section, (Do it yourself) and see what might have been published regarding your problems. Some have more then one potential answer, and some parts just wear out through use or miss-use, like your rear window defroster and will probably need replacement. The search feature at the top of the page can bring you many good answers. As you can see, there are only so many people reading this forum at any given time, but over the years thousands of questions have been asked and answered, and though a few have been lost, almost all are there just waiting for a new owner of an older Benz to come along and ask again. In your first question you refer to the climate control not giving any heat, but a heck of a lot of cold air. Are you looking for heat and air. The second and third problem regard the speedometer and dash lights. I know that both of these problems are well covered in the archives. Check them out, they are easy to find. As far as I know, there is no easy repair for the rear window defroster. With one wire heating, I would suspect some one has damaged it pretty badly and it will probably have to be replaced to work correctly.

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