S350 suspension failure

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Happened last week suddenly the rear was like a low rider, 2012 S350 Limo, just called in at Cheltenham Mercedes and they tell me both rear units have blown, anyone seen this before?
 

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Rear leveling rod mount breaks, connects to the rear arb. Very common.
 

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Rear leveling rod mount breaks, connects to the rear arb. Very common.

Happened to a friends last year, my indy has done several all with the same failure
 

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Think I’m in the wrong business..no wait I can sleep at night!
 
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Yea I know, if I could have got underneath it I could have fixed it myself, but you do get free coffee and biscuits !
 

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Perhaps you get a box at the races with the work.
 

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It was only a 350 though Craig!
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Close enough for government work John!!!
 

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Sounds about right:

1 hour on STAR
1 hour labour
1 replacement rod
+ VAT

As an aside how do Mercedes manage to make their thermostats last exactly 70k miles, mine is struggling to get to 60c in this weather so will need replacing soon, nice little earner you might say
 
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They also replaced the sensor £106 which it probably didn't need
 

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So no mention of it needing two rear suspension units, wonder if they would have still fitted them?
 

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Made from a sliver of the thigh bone of the Virgin Mary I would imagine....
the cover would be comming off my milling machine !!!!!!!
 
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Ok the saga goes on, in my opinion the rear ride height was too low after they replaced the sensor, so I got underneath it today and had a look at the sensor and rod, i was surprised to see the ARB bracket had been secured with a hose clip and not tightened very well so I guess the bracket had slipped a bit, so I adjusted it around the ARB and tightened it to where I think the ride height should be, now before I call the dealer and bollock them is this the normal way to secure the bracket to the roll bar?
 

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