Estimate to remove Airmatic?
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2010 E550 P2 w/AMG Sport Package + Pano, 2015 Nissan Pathfinder
Glad you were able to keep the airmatic, I know you've liked it...yes expensive...but every car has its issues...would seem a good Indy could do the other corners for cheaper when the time comes...my first w212 had springs, and airmatic is sooo much better in this one...coming up in a 100k crossing fingers...dad's airmatic is at 130k, no probs....I have a crap dirt road I use to get to our lake house, and I raise it every time....nothing lasts forever, except springs and well wu-tang
Got the car back this morning and it's riding smooth as before I had to take it in. I see the part number/Description is 212-320-31-38-80 REMAN AIR SUSPENSION STRUT
I checked online and it seems you can get it for about $800-900 from MB parts site but the dealer charged $1140. Seems not to far off when you included shipping. Also they charged for 2 screws and 1 screw w RND Hexal Head. Labor was $314. So after diagnostic testing cost and taxes it came to exactly $1,790.66
This can be a guideline cost wise for others if same thing on one corner happens to you.
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thefisch (08-23-2017)
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I'm also approaching 100k miles, my airmatic already acts kinda weird, one side sits like half an inch lower than the other, but only like half of the time.
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So it's luck of the draw. The day that it went I was driving through Dunkin Donuts drive thru making my morning run for the wife and I heard some noise sounded almost like I scraped my rim on something. When I got home and looked at the car it was low but eventually by later that day it was very low on the one side.
Not sure if I mention this but when I was driving I would get a Malfunction warning with an up/down arrow in middle of the car on the dash. Also when I was driving I would get another warning message that would light the dash up red that said "Pull over car too Low" or something to that effect.
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