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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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gl 450 problem need help

hallo,
im mercedes fan from sweden, i have gl450 06 i love it, but now i got problem, got message airmatic visit workshop, this message come up few times but nothing was wrong with gl at least nothing visible, but today same message and front dropt down, back is still in normal hight only front is very low.
Maybe some one have any idea what happend or what went wrong.

Pease help

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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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There is a technical service bulletin for the airmatic compressor for the GL. Your Compressor more than likely has gone bad. It more than likely needs replacing. Go ahead and take it in for repair.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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But how only front of the car got low, i thought that all car has to be too low?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Maybe only front suspensions have gone bad. Visit Dealer ASAP.
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 03:53 AM
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thank you for information
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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so im back from dealer, problem was fuse, i was lucky this time
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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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Glad it was something simple for you....happy trails.
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Originally Posted by mantas
so im back from dealer, problem was fuse, i was lucky this time
I'm glad you had lycka till!

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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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some more news, with new fuse i was driving one day than it burnd again, so after i changed three fuses in two days i visited them again, and this time they decided to change compressor, looks like DIESELDOC was right.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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has anyone had a an airmatic malfunction that was repaired but the car still drove "bouncy"?
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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 04:33 AM
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no not me after repaierd it was perfect again
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