Can anyone tell me what it would cost to pay a specialist to rip out the ABC and replace it with regular suspension?
I want to buy an SL 55 AMG R230, but my budget means I’m looking at a 2003 - 2006 model, around the 80k mileage mark. It appears that cars of that era are increasingly prone to ABC faults. Once the ABC starts failing does it ever stop? With accumulators, sensors, valves and pumps, and every one of them with their own fault codes.
I appreciate the arguments about reducing the resale value, but that isn’t my concern. I want to be able to jump in the car and drive to the South of France without worrying that I’m going to get a warning message every time I hit a bump.
Or if I want reliability should I buy an SLK 55 instead?
I want to buy an SL 55 AMG R230, but my budget means I’m looking at a 2003 - 2006 model, around the 80k mileage mark. It appears that cars of that era are increasingly prone to ABC faults. Once the ABC starts failing does it ever stop? With accumulators, sensors, valves and pumps, and every one of them with their own fault codes.
I appreciate the arguments about reducing the resale value, but that isn’t my concern. I want to be able to jump in the car and drive to the South of France without worrying that I’m going to get a warning message every time I hit a bump.
Or if I want reliability should I buy an SLK 55 instead?