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Oh dear I'm to late so I'll sort myself out Cheers Stephen

Thank You. Now they are driving Lexuses...Red Yaris 54, Raistlin

excuse me for the late answer, but I was left in the vacation and no internet connection was available in my apartment. regarding your problem, maybe at this time, you allready solved it, but my sollution will be usefull in the future to anybody else... so, first time remove the inside door pannel in this way; 1.remove the door opener underneath screw cover 2.remove the door handle cover 3.remove those 3 screws 4.remove the inside door pannel starting from bellow, then 5.remove the cables 6.remove the whole block switch releasing the 7 captures 7.remove the main switch releasing those 3 screws P.S. pcs are for LHD but the are applicable for RHD too Hi Tavy thank you for the info, i was trying to find the screw with no luck at all. mine is a lhd so will go and have a look shortly

You should never upset ANYONE with a Mercedes Steve Especially the M-B A180 Avantgarde, a very dodgy crowd drive those :D

You should never upset ANYONE with a Mercedes Steve ;)

I like Ukraine, when i was there last year I thought ukraine had the most beautiful women ever! you guys are so lucky, we could not believe our eyes. Also i know never to upset anyone in a black mercedes with blacked out windows :)

Thanks. I did ry STP but it has made no difference. the air filter is OK but I will admit that I have not looked at the fuel filter. It also feels like it is 'dragging'. I drove from London to Southampton at Christmas and when I got there ther was a perculiar hot metal smell (not the usual hot smell that you get when the car has been driven) if it feels like its dragging and you have a hot metal smell you need to look at the brakes. if the caliper slider pins have rusted the calipers dont release fully and the pads drag causing higher consumption hot smell etc.

I know that Previas have not been the best at fuel economy but mine is decreasing especially over the last few weeks. The car is labouring a little when setting off and on the road and the MPG has decreased from 16mpg to 14mpg round town over a couple of weeks. I could not believe that I have to fil up so quickly. Anyone any ideas of what to check before I give it to the garage to look at?

ok i took it apart with not much of a hassle thanks tavy. i tried to stop the window switch from locking on the upward switch, it seems to do that every few time i use it, and if i pull the switch softly it does not flick back to the normal point which is no movement. i tried putting some oil on the switch to make sure its not getting stuck doesnt seem to help... oh well i've put everything back to where it was. at least i know how to take the door panel apart within about 5 to 10 minutes now.