Pull Over - Car Too Low
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From: Portland, OR
2012 CLS550 4MATIC
Pull Over - Car Too Low
Well, I got my first error message today, and I think it wasn't actually a real error. I live in a condo building with a very steep decline into the garage, and as I was about to enter, a car was coming out so I moved over and was temporarily stopped on the steep decline at an odd angle. At this point, the "Pull over - car too low" message came on in red for a couple of seconds, and then it disappeared after i started moving again. I immediately parked, and the car was at its normal height with all 4 wheels at exactly the same distance from the fenders. I left the car for about 20 minutes, but I was so worried, that I just got back in and drove around for 20 minutes over some very bumpy roads. I raised and lowered the car and stopped on the parking ramp a few times, and I couldn't get the message to come on again.
I am thinking that because I was at a strange angle on a steep downhill grade, most of the weight of the car was on one wheel, so the sensor may have erroneously detected an AIRMATIC failure. It went away immediately after I started moving and got out of that strange position.
I will look again in the morning to be sure the car has not dropped abnormally and that I don't get the dreaded "vehicle rising" indication, but I just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts. Most of the threads I found where this error occurs for real involve failure of the struts, and the car looks asymmetric or is sitting on the wheel wells afterwards. I don't think I'll call the dealer unless it happens again.
I am thinking that because I was at a strange angle on a steep downhill grade, most of the weight of the car was on one wheel, so the sensor may have erroneously detected an AIRMATIC failure. It went away immediately after I started moving and got out of that strange position.
I will look again in the morning to be sure the car has not dropped abnormally and that I don't get the dreaded "vehicle rising" indication, but I just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts. Most of the threads I found where this error occurs for real involve failure of the struts, and the car looks asymmetric or is sitting on the wheel wells afterwards. I don't think I'll call the dealer unless it happens again.
Thread Starter
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 75
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From: Portland, OR
2012 CLS550 4MATIC
I almost posted over on the W212 forum to see if any owners of the pre-2012 E class had this happen as a fluke...
