Just replaced the RH front airmatic strut. All OK, biggest difficulty was getting the upper ball joint to separate. Disconnected the battery while working on it. Now its telling me ESP, BAS, and Airmatic need me to go to the workshop. Is this just a reset I need, or might I have dislodged any wires in there? I obviously had to disconnect the wire from the strut but that's back in place, apparently OK. All has otherwise worked as hoped/planned - the car has not done it's low rider impression for four mornings now, whereas it used to drop at the front every night.
Need to get these warnings fixed though.
Post repair stress disorder
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Post repair stress disorder
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Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
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Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
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Re: Post repair stress disorder
It is possible you may have dislodged a wheel speed sensor.
Some fault codes are spurious and will disappear after the car is driven a few times, others need to be reset, sometimes they prevent normal operation also (eg. limp home mode)
Drive the car a couple of times and see what happens.
In the meantime search out a good local independent Mercedes mechanic who can hook the car up to the diagnostics computer and read / reset the codes.
Regards,
Tony
Some fault codes are spurious and will disappear after the car is driven a few times, others need to be reset, sometimes they prevent normal operation also (eg. limp home mode)
Drive the car a couple of times and see what happens.
In the meantime search out a good local independent Mercedes mechanic who can hook the car up to the diagnostics computer and read / reset the codes.
Regards,
Tony
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'85 W123 300CD, 275 000km (Fatmobile) rebuilt turbodiesel transplanted into 280CE (SOLD)
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Re: Post repair stress disorder
Thanks Tony. I plan to hook up my Autoaid diagnostic thingy tomorrow to see what it says, but I will first take a look behind the wheel at the sensor connections.
2003 CLK500 convertible, latest successor to:
2006 W164 ML350 - 1999 S430L - Audi A6 C5 V8
Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 - Ssangyong Musso 3.2 - Mercedes 450SLC
and a litany of others...
2006 W164 ML350 - 1999 S430L - Audi A6 C5 V8
Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 - Ssangyong Musso 3.2 - Mercedes 450SLC
and a litany of others...
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Re: Post repair stress disorder
The plugs up in the wheel well looked like they were fine but were not pushed home. It still took a few starts and runs to clear. Finally put in a new battery - my diagnostic had been unable to reset due to low voltage - and it then cleared and stayed clear.
Meanwhile, the low rider look is gone.
Meanwhile, the low rider look is gone.
2003 CLK500 convertible, latest successor to:
2006 W164 ML350 - 1999 S430L - Audi A6 C5 V8
Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 - Ssangyong Musso 3.2 - Mercedes 450SLC
and a litany of others...
2006 W164 ML350 - 1999 S430L - Audi A6 C5 V8
Holden Crewman Cross 6 - Ford Territory - Holden Commodore VZ 6 speed Ute
Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 - Ssangyong Musso 3.2 - Mercedes 450SLC
and a litany of others...