E320 Wagon -- Bucking Bronco!
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E320 Wagon
E320 Wagon -- Bucking Bronco!
This seems a little (lot!) worse than bad shocks. I just bought a 2002 E320 AWD wagon. If you do the old-fashioned shock test, walking around the car and bouncing each corner, it seems to pass. In fact, the rear shocks seem particularly solid. But driving is another matter entirely!
Every bump in the road seems to result in massive a kick to the backside. Way worse than a bump in the road. I've owned cars with shot shocks before, and a car with a frozen shock. They never behaved like that.
Is this the SLS (self-leveling system) at work, overreacting to something, or is incapable of reacting that fast?
Every bump in the road seems to result in massive a kick to the backside. Way worse than a bump in the road. I've owned cars with shot shocks before, and a car with a frozen shock. They never behaved like that.
Is this the SLS (self-leveling system) at work, overreacting to something, or is incapable of reacting that fast?
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1996 E320, 2018 Ducati Panigale V4S, 2012 1199 Panigale
If the spring perches are ok, and nothing is loose/broken on the rear arms/sway bars, get the car aligned and have the toe checked. My car bucked hard like a bronco when the toe was off only by a little bit.
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2011 ML350
Had the same thing.
This is what you need.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mer...-kit-slsoem210
Bleed the hydraulic fluid a little, make sure the level is right, and your back to normal. Did it last year.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mer...-kit-slsoem210
Bleed the hydraulic fluid a little, make sure the level is right, and your back to normal. Did it last year.
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1999 E320 wagon
I'm also going to say spheres (accumulators), easy to replace. Also purge the fluid and replace the filter.
https://mercedessource.com/store/w21...o-instructions
I used this but needed a third bottle of fluid
https://mercedessource.com/store/w21...o-instructions
I used this but needed a third bottle of fluid
