# 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Class - CEL **URL:** \ **Category:** Buying/Selling\ **Tags:** mercedes-benz\ **Created:** [September 12, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mercedes-benz-c-class-cel/192840 "2023-09-12T09:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FKisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed8c4c/32.png) [@FKisor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FKisor)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mercedes-benz-c-class-cel/192840/1 "2023-09-12T09:02:50Z")
22 year old Mercedes 320 in otherwise good condition has Check Engine light on ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mercedes-benz-c-class-cel/192840/2 "2023-09-12T18:15:23Z")
> [@FKisor](#): > > 22 year old Mercedes 320 in otherwise good condition has Check Engine light on Are you bragging or asking for help?? lol What are the codes?? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mercedes-benz-c-class-cel/192840/3 "2023-09-12T21:11:10Z")
Good advice above to post the shop- retrieved diagnostic codes here for best help here. I’ll treat this as a puzzler. hmm… 22 year old MB? ok, I’m guessing there’s a problem with the evaporative emissions system. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-mercedes-benz-c-class-cel/192840/4 "2023-09-13T15:16:34Z")
The check engine light is telling you to have the engine checked! It needs to have a code scanner plugged in and the error codes listed to determine the diagnostic starting point. We can’t do that from here. Go to your local mechanic… or a dealer. Expect to pay to just have it diagnosed.