W208 CLK 55 problem, help!
09-25-2014, 08:33 AM
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W208 CLK 55 problem, help!
Hi guys, am very new to mercedes and bought myself 2000 CLK 55.
Its been fabulous for the last 2 months but 2 things have started to play up in the last week. Was wondering if anyone could help?
Firstly, the ESP is kicking in when it shouldn't. Its fine under acceleration however when you are slowing down and/or making slight turns, say on the motorway and coasting or slowing down and turning into a roundabout the ESP is kicking in and kills it for a few seconds. It seems to do it mostly on left turns but that could well be a red herring. I can feel the brake grab from the rear when it does it on a roundabout.
Extremely annoying when you are on the motorway on cruise as it kicks it all out and on long sweeping bends it stays on for 5-10 seconds and I end up slowing down as I cant speed up....
I can drive round it by just turning off the ESP but its a pain.
Second problem is the aircon. As long as i've had the car it's been hissing through the vents, which i'm told is a sign of the system being low on gas? Well at the weekend it went into EC (economy) mode and wont turn off that mode. A simple re-gas?
Any ideas and hints would be appreciated. Failing this im going to chuck it into my local specialist but he charges £35 to read codes
Its been fabulous for the last 2 months but 2 things have started to play up in the last week. Was wondering if anyone could help?
Firstly, the ESP is kicking in when it shouldn't. Its fine under acceleration however when you are slowing down and/or making slight turns, say on the motorway and coasting or slowing down and turning into a roundabout the ESP is kicking in and kills it for a few seconds. It seems to do it mostly on left turns but that could well be a red herring. I can feel the brake grab from the rear when it does it on a roundabout.
Extremely annoying when you are on the motorway on cruise as it kicks it all out and on long sweeping bends it stays on for 5-10 seconds and I end up slowing down as I cant speed up....
I can drive round it by just turning off the ESP but its a pain.
Second problem is the aircon. As long as i've had the car it's been hissing through the vents, which i'm told is a sign of the system being low on gas? Well at the weekend it went into EC (economy) mode and wont turn off that mode. A simple re-gas?
Any ideas and hints would be appreciated. Failing this im going to chuck it into my local specialist but he charges £35 to read codes
09-26-2014, 06:14 AM
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hello my friend . first i would try and calibrate the wheels , if one wheel is slightly off balance then esp will kick in at high speeds or on turns since one wheel is detecting more or less speed than the other wheels .... as for the AC , hissing is usually caused by low gas ,, try to vacuum it and refill it and everything should be fine again ...
great car btw
have fun with it
great car btw
have fun with it
