History - bought my CLS exactly a year ago and it had issue with rear end of the car dropping overnight and occasional Airmatic error in white while driving. I have had it seen by my usual indie and general feedback was "you going to need 2 rear bags if its dropping to floor overnight". As it didnt bother me much i left it as.
Solution - Terry @ Wayne gates checked it over and found the airmatic pump was not passing the test on STAR so i ordered and fitted a new pump. This didnt resolve the issue however the car was raising to normal position very quick now due to new pump so i left it alone. Recently it started causing more issues where it would take longer to raise and drop more quicker so i asked Terry if he could spend some time on the car.
I had this week off work and dropped the car with Terry on Monday. I gave clear instruction on what the issue was and that i had no hurry for the car so he can do it at his own time without having to rush it as he is a very busy man(i trust Terry to be fair anyway). I spoke to him on both Monday and Tuesday evening and was told 3 different leaks were found on the pipes which were sorted without any major parts needed and then both of the rear air tanks were leaking at usual place. Terry fixed these on wednesday and monitored the car for 3 hours and it didnt move even 1 mm and only then he told me that it was ready to be collected.
I have had the car since wednesday and not really driven it as i wanted to check if we got all the possibly leaks and the car is still sitting where it was on wednesday at 5:30pm!!
I am really amazed at the work ethic from the boys at Wayne gates and Terry even texted me yesterday to check how the car was. This to me shows the true workmanship by the man.
So the moral of the story is....please do not throw ££££'s at your airmatic issues, take the car to a PROPER indie and give them time to diagnose the issue and you may be very surprised at how easy it is to live with AIRMATIC.
Thank you Terry and Jay @ Wayne gates...True Mechanics for my MB's
Solution - Terry @ Wayne gates checked it over and found the airmatic pump was not passing the test on STAR so i ordered and fitted a new pump. This didnt resolve the issue however the car was raising to normal position very quick now due to new pump so i left it alone. Recently it started causing more issues where it would take longer to raise and drop more quicker so i asked Terry if he could spend some time on the car.
I had this week off work and dropped the car with Terry on Monday. I gave clear instruction on what the issue was and that i had no hurry for the car so he can do it at his own time without having to rush it as he is a very busy man(i trust Terry to be fair anyway). I spoke to him on both Monday and Tuesday evening and was told 3 different leaks were found on the pipes which were sorted without any major parts needed and then both of the rear air tanks were leaking at usual place. Terry fixed these on wednesday and monitored the car for 3 hours and it didnt move even 1 mm and only then he told me that it was ready to be collected.
I have had the car since wednesday and not really driven it as i wanted to check if we got all the possibly leaks and the car is still sitting where it was on wednesday at 5:30pm!!
I am really amazed at the work ethic from the boys at Wayne gates and Terry even texted me yesterday to check how the car was. This to me shows the true workmanship by the man.
So the moral of the story is....please do not throw ££££'s at your airmatic issues, take the car to a PROPER indie and give them time to diagnose the issue and you may be very surprised at how easy it is to live with AIRMATIC.
Thank you Terry and Jay @ Wayne gates...True Mechanics for my MB's