MERCEDES-BENZ VITO: Questions and answers

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2000

There is a lot of rust along the external thin plastic body trims on my Mercedes-Benz Vito? Is there an easy method to remove these trims without breaking the bits that attach to the body? Pull, prise slide?

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I’ve had the same trouble with door panel rust behind the trim. ’02 CDi 112. You can prise the trim from front to back, feels like you will break it but it doesn’t. Best way to sort it for good is to open the door panels up and paste the fixings with a mastic type bonding agent (the rust is caused by dissimiller metals contacting) - sorry about the spelling. Great van, fab engine, love my Vito - Tony B from England

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2004

Can anyone please advise me on how I would go about changing the headlamp units on my Mercedes Vito van? It’s a 115 cdi 2004. Thank you.

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2006

On my Mercedes-Benz Vito I have a bad vibration when travelling at 50mph. Could it possibly be the propshaft?

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Hi, did you solve your issue? I had the same vibration. I first checked the propshaft, but that was not the fault. It was the rear wheel-bearing on mine - Clement from South Africa

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2007

What tonnage can the LWB carry? (CDI 109)

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What tonnage can a 2007 Mercedes-Benz Vito cdi 109 carry? - Matt Collinson from Australia

950 kg (Source: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2007-Mercedes-Benz-VITO-109-Cdi-Compact-Black-Van-/330599308598)  - Phil Thompson from England

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2009

What is the average mpg? (vito109compact)

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2000

Do I need a special spanner to take injectors out?

Mercedes-Benz Vito 1998

The Electronic Diesel Switch is on the dashboard and it won’t start. What can I do and will it be expensive?

Mercedes-Benz Vito 1999

I have a anti roll bar bush at the rear of the engine, drivers side. Do I need special tools to replace it or can I just chisel it out and hammer the new one in? It is about 3" in diameter. (108 cdi)

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2003

Could you please indicate the overall width of the Vito? (Taxi)

Mercedes-Benz Vito 2004

Hi, I have a Mercedes Vito van 111 diesel. In the morning when I’m driving the van, the engine cuts out while I am driving. It starts immediately, but it happens again and then starts immediately. Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

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Try fitting a new fuel filter, I have had diesels suffering the same problem if the filter is only changed at the recommended intervals. I now have them changed at every service, problems are caused normally by the change in the standard of fuels and resident dirt being picked up from the tank after a number of years, all my diesels are normally less than 3 years old. Hope this helps as info was passed onto me by diesel specialists as I was originally advised by Mercedes specialist the injectors were the problem which was a costly try - Paul Firmin from France

Hi Sanj, I just had the same problem. There are several reasons. From the reseach I have done it’s most likely to be an air bubble in your fuel filter, or that the old filter or "o rings " are worn out. Best check these thing first. Let me know how you get on - Gio from Italy

Do you have loads of keys hanging from your keyring? With older ignitions, it was not uncommon for the weight of a bunch of keys to be so heavy that it actually pulled the ignition barrel forwards and away from the terminals at which point the car will grind to a halt. The moment you touched the keys to restart the engine you took the weight off of the ignition barrel and it made contact again. Don’t know if this applies to modern mercs with "optical keys" - Gary Smith from Kent