I usually prefer articles with quality pictures. I can print them out and refer to them while working, and it's easy to skim some parts and concentrate on others.

I want to find information quickly and efficiently, so videos frustrate me because they often have lengthy introductions you have to suffer through, and it's hard to navigate to the portions of the content that are of interest. Then, when you find the part you want, a video has low-resolution pictures and you have to inconveniently keep replaying it. Plus, there is no way to easily double check a step in a video when you have greasy hands and are laying under a car.

Thanks in advance for working on these articles! It's great to have this kind of support.

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1989 250TD Wagon 5-speed, 160,000mi ::: Dark gray metallic / black cloth
1984 190D-2.2 5-speed, 287,000mi ::: Silver-blue metallic / black MB-tex ::: SOLD

I have owned several W201's over the years. The one I'm driving now is definitely the nicest of the batch. Climate control works perfectly, all windows, sunroof, etc. work fine.

There are currently 2 non-functional systems on my W201. The first is Cruise Control. I have never owned a W201 that had a cruise control system that worked "right" all of the time.

The second issue I have right now is the SRS system. I realize that troubleshooting the SRS system can be dangerous and problematic, but I'd really like to get mine working right (get rid of the light on the dash).

SteveM.

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'93 190E/D 2.5 Turbodiesel 5-speed (daily driver)
'87 190D 2.5 Turbo rustbucket - parts car
'84 Dodge Rampage diesel - Land Speed Record Holder
'13 Ram 2500 Diesel
'05 Toyota 4Runner

Hey Jetmugg,

I'd like to help you out with the cruise control system. When I bought my w201 back in 2006 its cruise would not hold speed, it would accelerate the car but wouldn't hold anything. Soon after that it stopped working completely.

Fast forward to 2012, I finally was able to fix it. It turned out that the cruise control's amplifier had failed. I was able to fix it and since then I've been trying to help other forum members on here and other sites too.

Drop me a PM or email (jamesdean59@gmail.com) and we can talk further about it. I don't want to hijack this thread too much.

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

Drop me a PM or email (jamesdean59@gmail.com) and we can talk further about it. I don't want to hijack this thread too much.[/QUOTE]

I'm happy to see other enthusiasts helping each other out.

I'd like to see diagnosis of rough running, high idle, poor starting, etc. that seems to plague these cars after a while.

Hello all - we've done a lot of updates to the section since 2012! Here is an UPDATED version of our W201 Tech Article section.

Mercedes-Benz 190 W201 (1984-1993) Technical Articles


-Dmitry