My 2013 W212 E550 4MATIC Air Suspension Depress
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2013 E550 4MATIC
My 2013 W212 E550 4MATIC Air Suspension Depress
Help!!!
My car suspension keep depress over night, every morning it has to rise to its normal height. This has happen for the last 6 days with local temp in the low 40.
Please help!!!
My car suspension keep depress over night, every morning it has to rise to its normal height. This has happen for the last 6 days with local temp in the low 40.
Please help!!!
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2015 E350 4Matic Wagon, 2018 GLE350 4Matic
It can be one of many components but the vast majority find that it is a leaking air spring that degrades with age vs mileage driven. You can spend lots of time spraying everything down with soapy water looking for a leak, but I chose to replace the air springs earlier this year as it was going to need them eventually. I haven't had an issue since.
Long thread here: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...r-springs.html
Long thread here: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...r-springs.html
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It can be one of many components but the vast majority find that it is a leaking air spring that degrades with age vs mileage driven. You can spend lots of time spraying everything down with soapy water looking for a leak, but I chose to replace the air springs earlier this year as it was going to need them eventually. I haven't had an issue since.
Long thread here: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...r-springs.html
Long thread here: https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...r-springs.html
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@up_too_late Is that only rear suspension has air spring or both?
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@up_too_late Is that only rear suspension has air spring or both?
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2015 E350 4Matic Wagon, 2018 GLE350 4Matic
Yeah as Key08 says you have air struts up front. I thought of that after I hit send. My wagon only has rear air springs with coil sprung struts in the front. The air springs from Arnott are reasonably priced at ~$400 / pair, which I installed myself in few hours. Those struts are going to run you ~$700 each so I would be less likely to want to just throw parts at it. But if yours are original it's only a matter of time before they begin to leak.
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I thought I read that the affordable Arnott air springs are only suitable for the wagon rear "SLS" (self leveling suspension) and not for the full Airmatic on the V8 models.
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what I just said. there's two different air spring systems, the wagons have SLS, rear air spring leveling only, while the E550s have full airmatic 4 wheel with dynamic shocks. the springs are not interchangable, and Arnott only sells the SLS style wagon springs. you'll need to get the full 4 wheel parts from the dealer, and they are $$$$
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what I just said. there's two different air spring systems, the wagons have SLS, rear air spring leveling only, while the S550s have full airmatic 4 wheel with dynamic shocks. the springs are not interchangable, and Arnott only sells the SLS style wagon springs. you'll need to get the full 4 wheel parts from the dealer, and they are $$$$
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The Arnott air springs are NOT the correct ones for the 4 wheel Airmatic system on a E550. the Arnott springs are for a rear only SLS (self leveling) setup on a E350 wagon.
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has nothing to do with 4matic, the rear air springs are different in the all 4 wheel adjustable Airmatic on the E550 and the simple fixed SLS of the 6 cyl wagons
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Arnott makes only 1 set of rear air springs that should work on 4matic and non-4matic E550’s. There shouldn’t be anymore discussion after this.
