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Hello fellow MB folks, my CL500 has flashed up the dreaded red warning sign " ABC Defective, drive carefully". I've checked the reservoir and levels seem ok on the dipstick,oil is dark green/ light brown colour, checked for leaks near the pump and four corners but found none. No odd noises, I'm...

Hello, Just came across Mercedes CL with new type ABC valve block - picture (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yXSTjAFSwqs/VdDkyzcM99I/AAAAAAAAAM4/i33iV3LxlZE/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-08-16%2Bat%2B1.26.11%2BPM.png ) Has somebody ever tried to dismantle this type of valve block ? It seems that without...

some help please. i have a cl500 2001 the red light on for the suspension will not go up or down took it to a garage.shall we say the happy mechanic who looked at the car says there was nothing coming up the only thing he could find was pressure was low so says it must be the pump so i took i...

Hello all I just noticed that there is a small circular crack around the dipstick to the abc fluid reservoir in my w215 CL. It looks like someone pushed in hard or leaned heavily on the dipstick. Obviously I would like to get this fixed but in the meantime will driving the car with the...

Just got my SL out of the garage for the summer and one of the rear shocks has collapsed! totally gone! has anyone had this before and is there a way of an easy fix? where to get new shocks from? Ta

Guys, I pretty know what jobs I need done on my CL55, the only 'biggie' is the ABC fluid. Waiting on M.B.S - Mercedes-Benz Specialist price in Southampton but want to know what to expect. Only other jobs - (SC belt, Tranny fluid, gear box mounts, I can get my usual mech to fit) thanks.

Some of what follows has been discussed in a technical thread. This narrative brings the story up to date with a further development and asks the question: what do you do when an M-B authorised repairer turns out to be a nightmare and there's no easy alternative? The car in question is a 2003...

Hi, does anyone have any good contacts or recommendations for where to get hold of an ABC pump? Mine's leaking oil and need replacing! It's for my R230 SL55 AMG 2004. Thanks in advance!

2011 CL500 Bluefficiency. 22,000 miles. Two garages unable to diagnose problem - Loud groaning from somewhere to rear of near-side, sometimes after crossing a speed bump ( slowly ) or sometimes when down-shifting on long decline. On long incline, sometimes get revving noise from engine bay out...

Greenoaks and Hughes both looked at my CL600 and having paid £850 to both for rodeo test and various diagnostics(different things for each dealer and see if they highlighted other issues), I was handed a rectification bill of £3,700 - £4200 WTF... Started towing my car to several specialists in...

I am writing this DIY as I don’t find the instructions in WIS to be very informative. It describes how I replaced my own ABC pump after my local dealer wanted to charge over $8k for the job, due to an occasional red ABC Drive Carefully warning on my dashboard, and me needing to re-prime my pump...

HOW DOES BALANCING AFFECT YOUR CAR – and how it can damage your Mercedes ABC hydraulic system parts such as the ABC Pump, Accumulators, Valve Bocks and Hydraulic Suspension Struts. The sign of unbalanced wheels is a wobbly steering wheel when you are driving above a certain speed – usually...

Hello all. My first post. I bought a CL55 2002 plate with 138K on the clock. It had 1 owner from new and it was in mint condition. I took out a 1 year 4 star warranty (with WGS) at the time I bought it, as recommended by the dealer. He did say the abc pump will be covered. Just over 2 months...

Hello I am new to this forum and recently bought a SL500 2004. It is my first Mercedes (dare I say on here I have 2 Jaguars; XKR and XJR and just sold a 645) so I am a bit of a V8 car nut. Having seen around 40 500's at auction over this year I finally found one that I felt was suitable, of...

Today I sold my my S500, what a beautiful car it was, it had every feature under the sun and was lovley but drive but god dam the ABC mechanism on the car is the absoultley £$£"" thing ever. It just had a mind of its own about when it would decide to brake. I would go to work everything would...

Hello all, So my car has been sat on the drive for three months and until last weekend hadn't moved but it only made it 1/2 mile before breaking down requiring recovery. :wallbash: My question is, does any special care need to be taken to the ABC suspension or is it happy to be left alone...

An ABC strut has just been replaced on my 2003 SL500 at a cost of £1,300 following the 'soft' 'ABC Visit Workshop' malfunction warning. As soon as the car was returned, the dash flashed up the 'red' warning: 'ABC - Drive Carefully!'. The repairer is now telling me that the pump also needs to...

Hi All, I heard to keep you car trouble free from ABC issues you should do a fluid flush every 20,000 miles, this would take me ages to cover. Does anybody do this and seen results? If so does anybody reccomend a time period instead of mileage period of when to do it? Also how often do you...

HI. I'm in the process of changing this worn out ABC suspension to a SL suspension. It's the same as a SL350 but there's 5 important things to complete must be done. 1. Front torsion bar 2. Rear torsion bar 3. Replace tandem pump to a single pump 4. ABC delete and data card. 5. 20 hours labour.

Hi, could any body tell me where is the ABC control module on an S class 221. :wallbash: