Hello, I am needing help on my car 2005 C230 comp. Was in a rear in accident a year ago. Auto body fixed car rear end. then they replaced exhaust system because that was knocked off. Trunk started to get water in it, over the past year my windows stopped working correctly, radio comes on and off air bag light says its not working, tail light, license plate light, sunroof, car feels like dying sometimes, battery replaced three times. So I take to a dealer they say your wheel liners are not correct and who ever did the repair did it wrong take it back, your SAM unit is wet and shorted. So I went to another Mercedes repair and they say the same thing with out me saying I already was told this, wanted to get there own opinion. Take to the same place as I took the car before. They take 3 weeks to tell me they did a water test on my car and cant find a leak. They did say they could not find any where the water was coming in at. I told them I was told it was the SAM (rear wet) they agreed job was not correct and would redo, Put in a new SAM. Got into pick up car and the same stuff still was not working they said they took it to Mercedes and had them reprogram it. So we went together to Hendricks right next door and they tell me they have not done any work on my car. UGGGG so they lied. So Hendricks Mercedes programs it for me today. I'm waiting for them to finish and a manager comes in and tells me everything works but The radio is shorted and I need a new one for $800 and my air bags still wont work because both safety belts are not working properly to recognize the airbag system and make sure the air bags are on. So in the event of an accident air bags might not deploy. Asking $515 to fix this. I argue the SAM unit must have fried them, to coincidental, they say call the insurance company again and see if you can get them to add this to the bill. They can not guarantee they will even pay because I cant prove it was because of this. PS the trunk is smelly and smells like mildew now. They said also they put something where they did repairs to beable to see if a leak does show up. All other items like rubber seals and things like that checked out fine. I don't know much about this problem so is this possible that the SAM unit having problem caused these too.


Thanks