Arkangel187
New Member
Hi all,
I'm having major issues with the rear air suspension in my 2010 E250cdi estate. To cut a long story short, I went over a tiny pothole and the passenger side rear top mount broke, also breaking the level sensor arm along the way. This resulyed in the back of the car becoming about 3ft high!! The error message on the dash said something like 'malfunction, vehicle rising', even though it was extremely high already.
I had the car towed to a garage and they replaced the top mount for the shock absorber along with two stainless steel adjustable height sensor rods, one for each side.
Everything seemed hunky dory until the next morning when I discovered that the backside of the car was virtually sitting on the floor. Upon starting, I had the 'vehicle rising' message and it rose to it's correct height. The car was then driven for several hours with no adverse effects. The next morning and every morning since though, the backside has been sitting on the floor. My local garage told me that they couldn't find any splits in the pipes and it was most probably the airbags.
I ordered the airbags from Germany from a company called Miessler and had them fitted today - however, already 3-4 hours later the car has started sagging again. I've done a fairly liquid test on the pipes and I can't see an obvious a leak....... I really am at my wit's end here.
Can anyone help shed any light on what the potential issue may be? I could always order the valve block from Germany (same company) and fit it myself, but I don't want to keep throwing money at it without getting any results.
Thanks in advance.
I'm having major issues with the rear air suspension in my 2010 E250cdi estate. To cut a long story short, I went over a tiny pothole and the passenger side rear top mount broke, also breaking the level sensor arm along the way. This resulyed in the back of the car becoming about 3ft high!! The error message on the dash said something like 'malfunction, vehicle rising', even though it was extremely high already.
I had the car towed to a garage and they replaced the top mount for the shock absorber along with two stainless steel adjustable height sensor rods, one for each side.
Everything seemed hunky dory until the next morning when I discovered that the backside of the car was virtually sitting on the floor. Upon starting, I had the 'vehicle rising' message and it rose to it's correct height. The car was then driven for several hours with no adverse effects. The next morning and every morning since though, the backside has been sitting on the floor. My local garage told me that they couldn't find any splits in the pipes and it was most probably the airbags.
I ordered the airbags from Germany from a company called Miessler and had them fitted today - however, already 3-4 hours later the car has started sagging again. I've done a fairly liquid test on the pipes and I can't see an obvious a leak....... I really am at my wit's end here.
Can anyone help shed any light on what the potential issue may be? I could always order the valve block from Germany (same company) and fit it myself, but I don't want to keep throwing money at it without getting any results.
Thanks in advance.