ASR light again....i surrender
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ASR light again....i surrender
hi guys,
Some of you might have followed my thread about my ordeal with the ASR. I got a 92 600SEL with 90k kms on it and had it for a year, and the ASR light went off 3 times.
The first two times, i brought it back to the dealer closer to my house (not as good as the one i always go to, but since it's closer, i thought, what the hell), and they "fixed" it. The first two times, they said that it was first malfunctioning spark plugs, then it was malfunction brake sensors, then it was computer malfunctioning.
Long story short, the ASR came on AGAIN, and this time i decided to go back to the original dealer i always go to (the service manager is family friend). After he looked at it in depth, he said that the car has these problems:
1) the Electronic Throttle (aka DK Motor) on the right side is broken and the left side is about to die as well
2) the Electronic Control Module is broken
to replace these parts, it would cost me $13k. No joke.
My question is, have you guys actually HAD these parts malfunction? any comments or feedbacks? Know where i can get a set of used ones to replace? Are these parts universal for all W140 or is it 600 specific?
Please help, as $13k is something i am not intending to pay, as that is the price of my car....any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Some of you might have followed my thread about my ordeal with the ASR. I got a 92 600SEL with 90k kms on it and had it for a year, and the ASR light went off 3 times.
The first two times, i brought it back to the dealer closer to my house (not as good as the one i always go to, but since it's closer, i thought, what the hell), and they "fixed" it. The first two times, they said that it was first malfunctioning spark plugs, then it was malfunction brake sensors, then it was computer malfunctioning.
Long story short, the ASR came on AGAIN, and this time i decided to go back to the original dealer i always go to (the service manager is family friend). After he looked at it in depth, he said that the car has these problems:
1) the Electronic Throttle (aka DK Motor) on the right side is broken and the left side is about to die as well
2) the Electronic Control Module is broken
to replace these parts, it would cost me $13k. No joke.
My question is, have you guys actually HAD these parts malfunction? any comments or feedbacks? Know where i can get a set of used ones to replace? Are these parts universal for all W140 or is it 600 specific?
Please help, as $13k is something i am not intending to pay, as that is the price of my car....any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Are you talking about the ETA's?
You can send the ETA's away and have them rewired or if your handy you can do them yourself:
http://v12uberalles.com/throttle_actuator_rewire.htm
Or you could try and source some 2nd hand ones but they may be just as bad if you can't open them up.
You can send the ETA's away and have them rewired or if your handy you can do them yourself:
http://v12uberalles.com/throttle_actuator_rewire.htm
Or you could try and source some 2nd hand ones but they may be just as bad if you can't open them up.
