M5 London
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- W212 E63 AMG, W207 E350 CDI, BMW E39 M5 Supercharged, BMW E34 M5, BMW E30 M3, VW Golf Rallye
Hi All,
So I bought my 65 Plate E63 from an MB main dealer back in October 2018 with 17,130 miles on it.
Car is now at 21,260 miles.
Here it is :
Over the last few days, initially I thought I was imagining it, but the OSR seemed like it had dropped overnight when I got to my car to take it out for a drive.
Today I thought I am going to take a photo, before waking the car up by unlocking it. I then took a photo immediately after unlocking it. I did not start up the car or even sit in it, simply an unlock by touching the door handle (key less go etc).
Pre :
Post :
Stupidly I did not take both photos from the same exact position, but I am 100% sure its clear to see that it sits much lower before waking the car up, plus I watched it rise within a few seconds.
From what I understand these cars do not drop overnight unless there is some form of leak from a rear air spring. The original owner definitely did not tick any Citroen DS option that I can see from the VIN data card
Also equally stupidly I did not take a similar set of photos from the NSR.
Any ideas guys and girls, or similar experiences ??
I have read that these rear air springs do fail and sometime in their youth too....
What is the general duty cycle of these rear air springs ? They do not drop overnight and then re fill once the car is started up right ?
Also I do hope that if the rear spring has failed or is failing, that MB do the right thing and replace it under warranty (apparently I have a 2 year warranty as an AUC AMG MB from time of purchase, 10/2018 to 10/2020)
The only thing I think they could argue is the weight of our, pretty much ONLY, rear seat passenger. He is the only chap that sits in the rear of the car, and coincidentally too, on the Offside and he weighs 9.1KG, is Heston our Pug :
Thanks for reading !
So I bought my 65 Plate E63 from an MB main dealer back in October 2018 with 17,130 miles on it.
Car is now at 21,260 miles.
Here it is :

Over the last few days, initially I thought I was imagining it, but the OSR seemed like it had dropped overnight when I got to my car to take it out for a drive.
Today I thought I am going to take a photo, before waking the car up by unlocking it. I then took a photo immediately after unlocking it. I did not start up the car or even sit in it, simply an unlock by touching the door handle (key less go etc).
Pre :

Post :

Stupidly I did not take both photos from the same exact position, but I am 100% sure its clear to see that it sits much lower before waking the car up, plus I watched it rise within a few seconds.
From what I understand these cars do not drop overnight unless there is some form of leak from a rear air spring. The original owner definitely did not tick any Citroen DS option that I can see from the VIN data card

Also equally stupidly I did not take a similar set of photos from the NSR.
Any ideas guys and girls, or similar experiences ??
I have read that these rear air springs do fail and sometime in their youth too....
What is the general duty cycle of these rear air springs ? They do not drop overnight and then re fill once the car is started up right ?
Also I do hope that if the rear spring has failed or is failing, that MB do the right thing and replace it under warranty (apparently I have a 2 year warranty as an AUC AMG MB from time of purchase, 10/2018 to 10/2020)
The only thing I think they could argue is the weight of our, pretty much ONLY, rear seat passenger. He is the only chap that sits in the rear of the car, and coincidentally too, on the Offside and he weighs 9.1KG, is Heston our Pug :

Thanks for reading !
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