assholio

Just like the title says, We have an e500 Wagon that just threw 6 malfunction codes!! I dont know what the hells wrong with this.. I checked all the fuses and im not seeing any burnt out, so im guessing its a relay or something?

Does anyone have any insight on this?

MB Fanatic

Bad tailight assembly. AFAIK the taillight assembly doesnt have any user replaceable bulbs. Off to the dealer you go.

assholio

Bummer! Do these things just go out all of the sudden? Thats the craziest thing ive ever seen! Freakin German cars.. they are bad *** but so over engineered

Thanks guess were off to the dealer we go! hpoefully its a warranty item so they dont us with fixing it

benz_addict

looks like your warranty experied 86KM ago (unless you got extended warranty)

Polar Bear

Not sure what year your car is, but if it does happen to be out of warranty by 86 miles they might still take care of it for you.

W Cole

On the sedan the tail lights are easy to get to. Take off the 6 clips holding the large plastic plate that sits farthest aft and spans the length of the trunk. Make sure to remove the smaller cover around the trunk latch. Then simply pull back the carpeting - the carpeting is also held in by 2 metal clips located near the trunk lights (pull fairly hard on the carpeting).

Im not an expert but this doesnt seem like a bulb problem and since the errors are occuring in both lights one of them simply didnt come unplugged.

assholio

Yes, we have the extended warranty and they covered it.. Thank god! They said it would have been expensive, as it was the rear control unit that they replaced. She did mention that it probably could have been replaced even after expired warranty, since it seems to be a common problem.