James-SL
New Member
Hi guys,
I have an SL350 2003 year and have had some electrical gremlins; the symptoms are as follow:-
- SRS airbag continually on the dashboard.
- Intermittantly the Air Con unit does not work for sustained periods.
- In rain / snow the dashboard shows the 'bulb failiure' warning and the passenger side electrics do not work (passenger heated seat, electrical wing mirror, etc). These faults then seem to intermittantly rectify themselves and then reappear.
I have taken this car to a local Merc indy who has explained that the Control Module located behind the passenger footwell has filled with oil which has transmitted along the wiring from a minor leak in the gearbox! Apparently a new Control Module is required and needs fitting and coding by a Merc Main Stealer, however, this may not still rectify the problem (or stop it happening again).
I'd welcome any suggestions on how you think it best to proceed or whether you believe this to be a fully accurate diagnosis given the aforementioned problems induced by rainy / snowy weather?
Also anybody any ideas how much this might cost?
Ps. Looking to upgrade to a CL soon so not sure whether worth throwing 'big' money at repairs.
Many thanks and great forum btw (new member but long time reader lol)
I have an SL350 2003 year and have had some electrical gremlins; the symptoms are as follow:-
- SRS airbag continually on the dashboard.
- Intermittantly the Air Con unit does not work for sustained periods.
- In rain / snow the dashboard shows the 'bulb failiure' warning and the passenger side electrics do not work (passenger heated seat, electrical wing mirror, etc). These faults then seem to intermittantly rectify themselves and then reappear.
I have taken this car to a local Merc indy who has explained that the Control Module located behind the passenger footwell has filled with oil which has transmitted along the wiring from a minor leak in the gearbox! Apparently a new Control Module is required and needs fitting and coding by a Merc Main Stealer, however, this may not still rectify the problem (or stop it happening again).
I'd welcome any suggestions on how you think it best to proceed or whether you believe this to be a fully accurate diagnosis given the aforementioned problems induced by rainy / snowy weather?
Also anybody any ideas how much this might cost?
Ps. Looking to upgrade to a CL soon so not sure whether worth throwing 'big' money at repairs.
Many thanks and great forum btw (new member but long time reader lol)