oddworld
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- r230 sl500 / 2002
Hi there everyone, we just acquired a 2003 R230 SL500 (BM 230.475) and are having a couple of issues with the car which I hope members can assist with.
1. The key-less go doesn't work and I don't know the reason. A contributing factor, or main reason, may be the damaged drivers door sensor that needs to be replaced.
2. The baffle noise in the fuel tank, I understand this to be a common issue and I'm going to try and install the spring as discussed elsewhere on this forum.
3. SRS light remains on. I think this may be due to a fault on the connection for the passenger seat as after the MB Dealer removed the fault code, the light remained off until someone sat in the passenger seat.
4. The ABC fault appears on the dash, most often after driving (slowly) over a speed bump or driving down a very undulating road. Sometimes it appears RED.
5. The most irritating issue is that every time I get in the car, after standing for more than 1 day, the 'electrical consumable offline' fault appears and somethings are not working, e.g. seat memory, cigarette lighter, park distance control, roof, etc, and occasionally even the a/c doesn't work or blows warm air. I understand this is a common issue with this model and I have tried to clean the terminals for the second battery but that didn't seem to help.
6. The air compressor, p/n 000583 05 02, is missing. If anyone out there has, or knows of, a spare unit, please let me know as I need one and a new unit from MB is very expensive.
7. Same goes for the navigation CD, it's also missing and I would love to get my hands on any one that may be lying around in a drawer somewhere.
I hope someone here can assist me with some or any of these issues, any fixes or advice available from the specialists here would be greatly appreciated as we are enjoying the car so much with top down motoring in the South African summer sun, probably the finest Mercedes-Benz we've ever had.
Thank you very much everyone, kind regards,
1. The key-less go doesn't work and I don't know the reason. A contributing factor, or main reason, may be the damaged drivers door sensor that needs to be replaced.
2. The baffle noise in the fuel tank, I understand this to be a common issue and I'm going to try and install the spring as discussed elsewhere on this forum.
3. SRS light remains on. I think this may be due to a fault on the connection for the passenger seat as after the MB Dealer removed the fault code, the light remained off until someone sat in the passenger seat.
4. The ABC fault appears on the dash, most often after driving (slowly) over a speed bump or driving down a very undulating road. Sometimes it appears RED.
5. The most irritating issue is that every time I get in the car, after standing for more than 1 day, the 'electrical consumable offline' fault appears and somethings are not working, e.g. seat memory, cigarette lighter, park distance control, roof, etc, and occasionally even the a/c doesn't work or blows warm air. I understand this is a common issue with this model and I have tried to clean the terminals for the second battery but that didn't seem to help.
6. The air compressor, p/n 000583 05 02, is missing. If anyone out there has, or knows of, a spare unit, please let me know as I need one and a new unit from MB is very expensive.
7. Same goes for the navigation CD, it's also missing and I would love to get my hands on any one that may be lying around in a drawer somewhere.
I hope someone here can assist me with some or any of these issues, any fixes or advice available from the specialists here would be greatly appreciated as we are enjoying the car so much with top down motoring in the South African summer sun, probably the finest Mercedes-Benz we've ever had.
Thank you very much everyone, kind regards,