. . . not long before my 420SEL was totaled. I think I remember the power antenna being involved -- I'd turn on the radio and the antenna wouldn't go up, and the central locking wouldn't work. The fuse for the central locks kept blowing out, even though I replaced it twice.

Turned out the central locking pump had failed. I disconnected it, put in a new fuse, and everything was fine, except that I couldn't lock the car with just one key turn; I had to lock the doors and trunk separately.

The pump in mine was in the spare tire wheel well. I've also heard that in some models of W126, the pump is located under the rear seat.

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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino