R500 hinged windows.

[milleplod]

Evening all.

I'm working my way through a few bits that need sorting on my R500. I've got a new battery to fit this coming week (its a big bu**er, I'll have to be careful I don't put my back out.... ), I 'fixed' the rear parking sensors (what I mean is, I realised the display is viewed in the rear view mirror, which I'd not previously noticed.....oh, the shame!! ), that leaves the driver's door mirror adjustment to sort, and the hinged rear side windows.

The previous owner had to have a new tailgate module fitted just before I bought the car - he knows the hinged windows were working just prior to that, they seem to have stopped working after the job was done at a Mercedes dealer.

Quick question - does the tailgate module have any connection to the operation of the hinged windows? If not, I'm wondering if a wire's been pulled off somewhere - does anyone know where exactly the module is located so I can have a look?

Pete

 

[richard]

I'm pretty sure the read SAM controls the rear windows, but it may well be the rear SAM was replaced as it fails a lot more than the electric tailgate control. When you install it, you get asked *loads* of questions and it is easy to answer them wrong and have stuff not working. I suspect that is what has gone wrong.

Richard

 

[milleplod]

Thanks for the reply Richard. I'll dig the invoice out in the morning and see just what was replaced.

Pete

 

[milleplod]

Just dug the invoice out - 'replace tailgate lock mechanism and reprogramme the rear actuation module'.....£541 in total!

Anyway, presumably just the mechanical (?) lock was replaced, not the module, so I'm probably barking up the wrong tree thinking there was a connection. Tbh, them not working doesn't bug me that much really - I don't think I can be bothered to delve any further.....unless its just a fuse of course....

Pete