Robbarr88
New Member
Hi Guys.
New to the forum, and the world of Mercedes so hi to all members
... i have a question so here go's...
I recently bought a S500 2001 model from a local guy, the car was in a bit of a bad way has basically been stood for 5 years, however i saw it had potential so offered a cheeky offer and the guy accepted got the car back to my yard, put a new battery on and the car started and better still drove..if not a little sluggish, however the car had some issues which were to be expected it suffered from the dreaded instrument cluster failure however when we fault code read the car it came up with the following and il abbreviate were i can....
- B1859-004 DRIVER AIRBAG RESISTANCE TO HIGH.
- B1476-002 AIRBAG WARNING LAMP HAS SHORT CIRCUIT OR DISCONTINUITY.
- B1315-009 PASSENGER SEAT RECOGNITION DEFECTIVE.
- B1010 RESISTANT SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT UNDER VOLTAGE AT TERMINAL
- C1026-004 FAULT IN CAN COMMUNICATION A1 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
- C1026 128 STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NOT INITIALISED
- C1517-001 CRITICAL LEVEL AT FRONT AXLE
- C1517-002 CRITICAL ANGLE AT REAR AXLE
- C1013 - TERMINAL 30 UNDER VOLTAGE
- C1014 TERMINAL 30 OVER VOLTAGE
- P20DC-002 ACCELERATOR PEDAL SHORT CIRCUIT
- P2003 MALFUNCTION OF SECONDARY AIR INJECTION
- P202E-008 THROTTLE VALVE ACTUATOR
- C1041 BAS AND ESP CONTROL UNIT ISD FAULTY.
- C1054-009 STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NOT INITIALISED.
Now all these faults are on a snap on fault code reader, and are all set as STORED as previously mentioned, iv got the car home put a battery on it started it and drove it round the yard, i wanted to get the instrument cluster repaired and it fully serviced before i started investigating further.
In my previous experience could all of these faults been stored from before? the cars just been left parked up to rot away but it starts drives and runs as it should (apart from the faults) is it worth while getting the car serviced and then the fault codes cleared? and checking the voltage to the battery etc.
is it common for Mercedes to throw up lots of errors when battery's are left to go flat? any positive input is appreciated.
Cheers....Rob.
New to the forum, and the world of Mercedes so hi to all members

I recently bought a S500 2001 model from a local guy, the car was in a bit of a bad way has basically been stood for 5 years, however i saw it had potential so offered a cheeky offer and the guy accepted got the car back to my yard, put a new battery on and the car started and better still drove..if not a little sluggish, however the car had some issues which were to be expected it suffered from the dreaded instrument cluster failure however when we fault code read the car it came up with the following and il abbreviate were i can....
- B1859-004 DRIVER AIRBAG RESISTANCE TO HIGH.
- B1476-002 AIRBAG WARNING LAMP HAS SHORT CIRCUIT OR DISCONTINUITY.
- B1315-009 PASSENGER SEAT RECOGNITION DEFECTIVE.
- B1010 RESISTANT SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT UNDER VOLTAGE AT TERMINAL
- C1026-004 FAULT IN CAN COMMUNICATION A1 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER
- C1026 128 STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NOT INITIALISED
- C1517-001 CRITICAL LEVEL AT FRONT AXLE
- C1517-002 CRITICAL ANGLE AT REAR AXLE
- C1013 - TERMINAL 30 UNDER VOLTAGE
- C1014 TERMINAL 30 OVER VOLTAGE
- P20DC-002 ACCELERATOR PEDAL SHORT CIRCUIT
- P2003 MALFUNCTION OF SECONDARY AIR INJECTION
- P202E-008 THROTTLE VALVE ACTUATOR
- C1041 BAS AND ESP CONTROL UNIT ISD FAULTY.
- C1054-009 STEERING ANGLE SENSOR NOT INITIALISED.
Now all these faults are on a snap on fault code reader, and are all set as STORED as previously mentioned, iv got the car home put a battery on it started it and drove it round the yard, i wanted to get the instrument cluster repaired and it fully serviced before i started investigating further.
In my previous experience could all of these faults been stored from before? the cars just been left parked up to rot away but it starts drives and runs as it should (apart from the faults) is it worth while getting the car serviced and then the fault codes cleared? and checking the voltage to the battery etc.
is it common for Mercedes to throw up lots of errors when battery's are left to go flat? any positive input is appreciated.
Cheers....Rob.