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I have got speeding ticket from France last year. Speed cam 87km vs 80. Parking fine will reach you from the EU for sure. You can pay by card though.

(After 3 airbag changes I had the experience that) sinking on one side or unevenly = 1 airbag is faulty sinking on both sides evenly = valve or hoses.

If your spring collapses in less than an hour than you have very little time left to fix it. (The leaking hole gets bigger and bigger to the point where the compressor will not be able to inflate it properly and the car will be less driveable) So you really need to think of taking (both)...

This is an air spring body aging, leaking. Very normal after 5 years. 1 hour job to replace. MB will charge you apx 1k, an Indy w MB parts 600. The non MB parts are same or better quality than MB at this particular point, so you may want to buy (a pair of) Arnott for (2x) 250 and have it...

Timing chain. I have just learned that there is a tool to check the wear of the chain> Chain tester 651589116300 Do you know any workshop that has that kind of tool and checks the chain before replacing in the Surrey / Berks / Bucks region?

You can find a complete unit under 200.

Thank you for the advices. First effort will be to replace the 2*2 front bushings. It may help to bring back the castor and the camber to spec and provide more firm support under load. It seems like a fairly low cost effort compared to the rest.

First check on the car I found one of the rear suspension strut upper mount broken. It was an inexpensive fix but still: is it the quality you expect from a genuine Mercedes E class suspension part ?

Buy and bring a litre of DOT 5 / 5plus (check your spec) to save a few tenner.

Break warning designed to come up when the pad has 4 mm left. (After apx 80% use) The break fluid is to be renewed every 2nd year or 33k miles as MB service plan.

After 170k miles (over 9 yrs, 80% motorway) our s212 (normal suspension) started to show its age. The alignment went out of the spec gradually. It is nothing major, the handling is all good but enough to consume the tyres aggressively. It is the well-known issue: the inside one inch of the...

Talking about breaks: Has anyone tried those non-rusting, surface treated discs? The Mercedes discs (made by ATE I think) has a super thin zinc coating which I do not think to last very long. Have you seen have you tried any more durable? Perhaps the Brembo’s “UV coated” one? Or?? My discs are...

Let me reactivate this break servicing thread. I have done a bit of break maintenance and wheel check. All went well except for the car came up with all sorts of lights: no ABS, no traction control, no flat tyre warning and some more. I thought the wheel sensors got out of sync. It took me a...

Can anyone tell me if the (gearbox cover large) undertray is the same for 204 and 212, assuming the same OM651 engine?

I have had the same misery with an s212. (Main dealer, then independent ones, 3 failures in total 100k mil - 170k mil) The point is: The MB airbags do not last too long. (60k - 100k mils). When those go you will see the lowering time to time but not always (a small leak allowing the air to go...

Update. The rear air springs needed to be calibrated to make the rear height even. It removed the asymmetry, nearly completely. The only thing left is the rear toe (out, instead of in), both sides. The local garage was not able to adjust it as they did not have a proper torx wrench small enough...

Check twice before you state it. In the hybrid E and C the Hold stops working on AUX battery failure. (I tested it myself. Before after to and back)

I would try the test / change of AUX battery first for sure. The change should not cost more than 70 GBP (if you buy the OEM Bosch). For testing you will need to measure it while the car drives. (See the readings in my old post in this thread.)

After 120k miles of normal road use, the suspension elements of the s212 start to show their age. (For example rear camber - driver side - is off by -0.70, play in steering joints, etc.) It also started to cause uneven tyre wear by now. Q1 If one tries to restore the original condition would you...

It is a transparent silicon grease though. It is an overkill for 50 GBP. Especially if you do it on one car only.