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  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,457
    golfaddick said:
    red10 said:
    How long does the light stay off when reset?. Long enough to get through the mot?. Think insurance will be a problem if no mot.
    Usually a month or 2 before it comes on again, so easily will get through an MOT once it has been switched off. But I have no clue how to do that so looking for a friendly MOT centre (like last year) who would do that. Mercedes said that they couldn't do that for love nor money. Too mush of a risk. 
    Get one of these
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/MMOBIEL-OBD2-Scanner-Bluetooth-Android/dp/B0B9YPPTLC/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=odb2+bluetooth&qid=1687424038&sprefix=odb,aps,90&sr=8-16

    Install the free app on your phone, connect to the scanner via bluetooth and then you can clear the fault, hopefully long enough to get the MOT done
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,198

  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,745
    golfaddick said:
    RaplhMilne said:

    . It’s an absolute doddle if you have a ramp,
    Ah, I see a slight flaw in your plan.
    I have a set of ramps you can borrow.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,745
    In the Merc dealership now. Looks like they will go ahead with it as they realise waiting 4 months for a NOx sensor just to pass the MOT is ridiculous. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,745
    MOT  passed  !!

    Thanks everyone for your help & advice.

    Will post more later.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,729
    golfaddick said:
    MOT  passed  !!

    Thanks everyone for your help & advice.

    Will post more later.
    Well done 
    👍👍
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,745
    So, just to tie up any loose ends.

    Merc dealer agreed to do the MOT with the warning light "disabled". Warned me though that if it came on during the Test it would be a fail & all I would be legally allowed to do would be to drive it home. 

    Took the risk & passed with flying colours. All I now have to do is to source the NOx sensor & get it fitted before next years MOT. 

    Thanks again to one & all and please say thanks to your mates etc who would have helped me if I couldn't have got it sorted today.

    Love this forum. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,067
    Oh dear. I've sent a couple of mates over to your gaff with a can of petrol to solve your problem and now I can't get hold of 'em.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,773
    edited June 2023
    I think it does affect the car as what it senses affects the cars operation.

    'The NOx sensor is a very complicated component and can be expensive to repair however, it's often not actually the sensor that is causing the problem but the lambda probe inside the exhaust which tests the NOx levels which have malfunctioned, and this is something that can easily be replaced'.

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