i just bought a 1999 merc s430 from england. the car came to cyprus yesterday but something happenedwhen the car was unloaded and now the car doesn't start and when it does there is no throtle, we took the car to a diagnostic machine andthe diagnosis showed 2000 malfunctions.nothing electronic works neither the central locking! what can we do?a

 

Hi,
2000 malfunctions!

Take a deep breath and start again. Exactly what happened?

Sure the battery is OK?

Are you sure all was OK before whatever happened when the car was being unloaded?

What codes are showing?....all 2000!

Vehicle history/mileage etc?

Stuart.

 

the car was tested in england from a relative and a mechanic. then another guy took it to the port. he said that the car i great. it has 85k and history for only 40k. at the port we found out that they changed the battery and someone was very upset with the car and kicked a panel. we found his footmark on it. i don't know the codes. we think that it needs to bereprogramed! its a w220

 

So long as the battery is good (you may need to disconnect and reconnect in order to reset computers) most things will reset automatically after a flat battery.

However your radio will require a code and maybe you will have a BAS/EPS warning (steering requires to be turned from full left steering to full right steering and back again with the engine running) all should be OK.

OK maybe the sunroof will need some reprogramme to do certain functions but basically all should be OK.

So where are these 2000 codes?

You need to be more specific about what is actually wrong.

Stuart.