Charcoal Filter..
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2004 E500 / 2001 C240
Charcoal Filter..
This is supposed to come on when the car senses dirty air or polluted air.
Has this ever come on without you turning it on?
Maybe I should sit in my garage with the car running and the door closed to test this out.. hehe..
Has this ever come on without you turning it on?
Maybe I should sit in my garage with the car running and the door closed to test this out.. hehe..
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Originally Posted by atssystems.com
This is supposed to come on when the car senses dirty air or polluted air.
Has this ever come on without you turning it on?
Has this ever come on without you turning it on?
Maybe I should sit in my garage with the car running and the door closed to test this out.. hehe..
If however you test this for us, please post if you smelled anything before your blackout. 
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Originally Posted by HotWheels500
Seems MB noticed the confusion. May have helped them rationalize killing the feature on 05 cars. It's gone!!
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Originally Posted by konigstiger
To those who have and use it, does it really make a difference that is to say can you readily notice the difference in air quality?
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Originally Posted by konigstiger
Damn! Honestly had hoped that this would have been incorporated across the board with all future models since I was slighted with the e320. To those who have and use it, does it really make a difference that is to say can you readily notice the difference in air quality?
This was one of the best things Mercedes ever did to their AC - the charcoal filter! I was driving Downtown El Paso, parked the car, got out and...
The oil refinery was making the air (or whatever was left) smell real good - I even didn't realize it while in the car. Same for the bush fires in California. I first smelled it after I opened the door. Dirty truck or pickup driving in front of me... no problem! I can see the sh... coming out of his exhaust but nothing comes even closed to my nose.That thing is working 100% and I leave it always on.
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Yeah it does work and is amazing.. I have to drive by a sewage plant sometimes. I press the lock in the air button and the charcoal and I don't smell a thing. Usually my daughter (who is 2) says, "Ewww stinky".
I was wondering though if it ever AUTO turned on for anyone as it supposed to when it senses dirty air. I guess you wouldn't know if you windows were closed and you didn't look.. Just look for a red light on that wasn't on before..
I was wondering though if it ever AUTO turned on for anyone as it supposed to when it senses dirty air. I guess you wouldn't know if you windows were closed and you didn't look.. Just look for a red light on that wasn't on before..
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From: Germany -> El Paso, TX right now
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Originally Posted by atssystems.com
The recirculation button is not the same as the charcoal button.
Except your own off course - but you won't realize that until somebody opens the door and goes *ohhhhhh*
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From: San Clemente, CA
2003 E-500
I have never had it come on automatically, but I now leave it on all the time. I went through a controlled burn fire in Rocky Mountain National Park last year, had it off and fumes were terrible. When I turned it on, the smell quickly disappeared. They change the filter for free under the maintainence for the newer E's so why not leave it on and enjoy clean air. I've also tested it on the Long Beach Freeway with all of the big diesal rigs hauling cargo to/from the docks. Smell is bad most of the time but you don't notice it with the filter on. This on been on the E's since at least '97 and I've gotten to really like it. Surprised to hear they are taking it off in future years.
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Originally Posted by Double Eagle
Surprised to hear they are taking it off in future years.
Some people ask why I leave mine on all the time, and I haven't heard any good reasons not to leave it on. As long as it is replaced every year or so, it will continue working well all the time.
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Scorchie:
You were ahead of the game!! I read this morning on a german forum that MB removed the seperate charcoal filter in favor of a combined pollen/charcoal filter. Other than the fact that it is probably more expensive to replace, the logic makes sense.
You were ahead of the game!! I read this morning on a german forum that MB removed the seperate charcoal filter in favor of a combined pollen/charcoal filter. Other than the fact that it is probably more expensive to replace, the logic makes sense.
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From: Canada
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My E500 (if I remember correctly) has the elctorstatic dust and pollen and the charcoal filter.. I thought that all air was filtered just not charcoal filtered until you turn it on the charcoal..
