jinkazama
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- Your Mercedes
- CL55/2003/500bhp
So, i knew the car would get me eventually, not just this way. I have owned this monster for 5 years and it is in pristine condition, a beautiful car and luckily I have not had any major bills.
So this year it was outside a new house where the tree foliage are like small pine cones that disintegrate into multiple seeds and they clogged the drain vents over a short period of time. The amount that fell over a short period was ridiculous but as they were small I never had a reason to see it or action it. Water backfilled into the passenger footwell and rear, it was mopped up, went to the garage, cleared the drains etc, but upon picking up the car would not start. Key turned fully, all lights but no action. STAR unit said canbus issue in realtime, mechanic cleared it, reappeared. The only suggestion was to trace the entire canbus, dry it etc, put heaters in the car for three days and then turn the key again, if nothing happened then it's really screwed. This hasn't been done yet as insurance is covering this under act of nature etc but I am aggrieved to lose the car. But two opinions so far are that you could spend forever tracing this, fix it and it could happen again.
If I could this myself I would remove all seats and carpets as I am guessing the main water damage is under the rear seats, I would have to get a mobile mechanic as no garage wants to take a 2 tonne car that does not move currently so this would have to be me calling someone out to do this and then it's a shot to nothing - like I said, I knew this car would eventually bite, not just this way. If anyone has any opinion on this interested to hear. What a way to lose your car but as I know now it happens to a fair few.
So this year it was outside a new house where the tree foliage are like small pine cones that disintegrate into multiple seeds and they clogged the drain vents over a short period of time. The amount that fell over a short period was ridiculous but as they were small I never had a reason to see it or action it. Water backfilled into the passenger footwell and rear, it was mopped up, went to the garage, cleared the drains etc, but upon picking up the car would not start. Key turned fully, all lights but no action. STAR unit said canbus issue in realtime, mechanic cleared it, reappeared. The only suggestion was to trace the entire canbus, dry it etc, put heaters in the car for three days and then turn the key again, if nothing happened then it's really screwed. This hasn't been done yet as insurance is covering this under act of nature etc but I am aggrieved to lose the car. But two opinions so far are that you could spend forever tracing this, fix it and it could happen again.
If I could this myself I would remove all seats and carpets as I am guessing the main water damage is under the rear seats, I would have to get a mobile mechanic as no garage wants to take a 2 tonne car that does not move currently so this would have to be me calling someone out to do this and then it's a shot to nothing - like I said, I knew this car would eventually bite, not just this way. If anyone has any opinion on this interested to hear. What a way to lose your car but as I know now it happens to a fair few.