sl500

My air flow sensor has proven to be faulty (starts and runs for a short journey, but then goes very lumpy). Bought a replacement from the USA (recon - £140), but it didn't work, making me suspect the emission settings for USA models are different from UK models. Opinions? Finally located...

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Hi I have just recently bought a brand new modern unit to replace my Comand unit. I therefore have a fully working Comand Unit w/Navigation Part #230 820 25 89 that will fit in to a 2003-2005 Mercedes Benz SL500 R230. It is in very good condition and comes with a 2014 sat nav MB disc...

Hi, I'm having problems with the alarm on my 1998 SL500 R129. Once it went off when I started the engine. Another time it peeps 5 or 6 times and goes silent, other times it goes off when I unlock the car and open a door, sometimes it goes off when I just unlock using the remote, sometime it...

Hi all - I have a 2008 SL500 Facelift and the stereo is still in 2008 and looking a bit dated / functionality limited. I'd like to upgrade it to a new double DIN unit with bluetooth so I can play music from my iPhone, but retain all the steering wheel functions and dash displays for nav, CD...

Hi all, The instrument cluster on my SL has been illuminating of late in the Red Alert mode, the left cluster shows the Battery icon whilst the other states "Visit Workshop". The issue being is that nothing seems to be amiss. Both the starter and the consumers batteries are performing as they...

I am looking to sell my beautiful SL500 2002 R230 SL do not come up in this condition to often with this build spec. The car is so close to perfect no warning lights good service history having just been serviced and Low mileage. I would like to see it go to someone who wants one of the...

It's only possible to get hot air through the system either by (a) using the demist button or (b) turning the temperature dials right up to the red dot. Any ideas as to what's causing the heater not to function properly otherwise?

hi on Tuesday evening in torrential rain my R129 lost all engine power, all the dash lights came on, power steering gone etc. i managed coast onto a country lane where i waited for next 6 hours till a recovery truck picked me up at 1am in the morning, fun! all electrics worked but just...

Hello all, Having got myself a red battery fault with 'Visit Workshop', I had the car in my workshop overnight and the smell of burnt Bakelite greeted me next morning, this gave me a clue to the fault so I went digging and found the fault. I’m pleased this unit is in a metal enclosure as I...

I'm having some work done by an M-B dealership and in the usual way they've carried out a 'visual health check'. The technician has commented: 'Copper pipes fitted to sbc'. The pipes were fitted last year year by a superb indie and as far as I know there's no reason why they shouldn't be...

Evening all, I'm on the search for an R230 SL500, Preferably in fire Opel red. Any age, mileage and spec. Thanks!

Hi My SL500 had been stood doing nothing for a year. Put new batteries on it and jobs a goodun, started up. Fast forward a week, and it won't start. Everything sounds like it should, turn the key and get a single crank noise then nothing. I disconnected the batteries today and...

I'm selling one of my SLs (and the 928 once **** Lovett locate the gearbox weep, but that's another story...), my silver/blue SL500 It's on eBay and Carandclassic: eBay link here: Mercedes SL500 1996 | eBay I'm annoyed 'cos I managed to lose the 80+ hi res photos I took in the early...

Hi all, helped a friend replaced the upper engine harness on his 1994 SL500. The original was falling to bits and although the car was running pretty well with just the occasional lumpy idle ... it was a matter of time. Sent the loom to Sileck who appear to have done a first class job...

My SL500 (R230) - the one with the nightmare ABC suspension - has suddenly developed an alarmingly loud, metallic scraping/grating noise from the rear end. First of all, I thought it must be an exhaust component adrift, but a (very limited) inspection of the underside revealed nothing loose...

Evening all, About to change my discs and pads on my R230 tomorrow and (I know it's been asked lots of times but I can't seem to find a definitive answer) wanted to check what's the best thing to do about the SBC system. Some people say just unplug it, some say follow the procedure of spinning...

Hi Apologies for also posting in Members' Gallery, but that doesn't seem to get as many views as General I recently bought this car and wondered how many there were in the UK as I've not seen another (this is a RHD import from Singapore, brought to the UK in 1999). A few pictures here...

I'm shortly going to put my SL up for sale as I no longer have a garage to keep it in. I've been looking in the normal places trying to gauge the current market but the prices are all over the place and i'm struggling to know what I should be putting it up for. Whats making it tricky is a...

Here are a few pictures: https://flickr.com/photos/59231261@N05/sets/72157680605537311 I tried uploading here but got errors - maybe cos iPhone over wifi Anyway, the colour is what sold me on this - I've not seen another like it