Mark Hart
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- Your Mercedes
- Mercedes-Benz C209 CLK500
Hi all,
First forum post!
I’ve got a C209 clk500 and I recently received the fault messages in the title. I replied to an old forum thread on here and was asked to repost as a new thread, here’s a link to the other post that contains all the background.
https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/...on-points-for-esp-module.142198/#post-1708845
So from the research I have done and from what other users have post it sounds like my abs module is slowly dying a tragic death.
A new one will set you back £1500+ at the dealer but I’ve managed to find an array of used parts on eBay ranging from £21 to £70.
My part arrived from eBay yesterday, I’m going to fit it over the weekend, looks an easy job, the module is held to the hydraulic unit (came as one item) with four e4 torxs screws.
I’ve done some research into making sure abs modules from other cars are compatible with mine, what I’ve found is the Mercedes part number (a2095452932) is generally just for model assignment of the vehicle. So according to wis the two parts for my clk500 should be a2095452832 and a2095453132 (supersedes the previous). The part which I bought off eBay is from a clk270 cdi which is a2095452932, the part on the car that’s failing is a2095453032.
The module itself is made by ATE and is stamped with their coding on the front panel too, this I think is the more important information because the clk had a midlife face lift, so I believe a2095452832 where fitted to the initial clk500 and then a2095453132 was fitted to the facelift in 2004.
Looking at just the ATE markings there’s no difference between software and hardware versions between a2095452932 and a2095453032 so I’m hopeful this is going to work.
Attached images with the highlighted numbers in case it helps someone else in future. Essentially if you’re replacing this with second hand ensure the HW (hardware) number matches and the SW (software) number is the same or higher than the one on the car
I’ll let you guys know over the weekend if it was a success
First forum post!
I’ve got a C209 clk500 and I recently received the fault messages in the title. I replied to an old forum thread on here and was asked to repost as a new thread, here’s a link to the other post that contains all the background.
https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/...on-points-for-esp-module.142198/#post-1708845
So from the research I have done and from what other users have post it sounds like my abs module is slowly dying a tragic death.
A new one will set you back £1500+ at the dealer but I’ve managed to find an array of used parts on eBay ranging from £21 to £70.
My part arrived from eBay yesterday, I’m going to fit it over the weekend, looks an easy job, the module is held to the hydraulic unit (came as one item) with four e4 torxs screws.
I’ve done some research into making sure abs modules from other cars are compatible with mine, what I’ve found is the Mercedes part number (a2095452932) is generally just for model assignment of the vehicle. So according to wis the two parts for my clk500 should be a2095452832 and a2095453132 (supersedes the previous). The part which I bought off eBay is from a clk270 cdi which is a2095452932, the part on the car that’s failing is a2095453032.
The module itself is made by ATE and is stamped with their coding on the front panel too, this I think is the more important information because the clk had a midlife face lift, so I believe a2095452832 where fitted to the initial clk500 and then a2095453132 was fitted to the facelift in 2004.
Looking at just the ATE markings there’s no difference between software and hardware versions between a2095452932 and a2095453032 so I’m hopeful this is going to work.
Attached images with the highlighted numbers in case it helps someone else in future. Essentially if you’re replacing this with second hand ensure the HW (hardware) number matches and the SW (software) number is the same or higher than the one on the car
I’ll let you guys know over the weekend if it was a success