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Sad Moments...Airmatic Squeaky/Cracking Noise!!Help Please...

Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:53 PM
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This Car has frustrated me for a month now...first check engine light, now i got that replaced at dealer...now my car makes a squeaky noise coming from right front side of car when i drive at low speeds, i went outside and found my car sitting too low...turned it on and it didnt move an inch....then i hit the raise airmatic button and it made a loud CRANK!CRANK!CRANK! noise when it raised up....
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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That sounds like an airmatic pump failure.
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Old Jul 11, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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That sounds like an airmatic pump failure.
2 days and no attention whatsoever... You just could't resist could you Skylaw?? LOL
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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2 days and no attention whatsoever... You just could't resist could you Skylaw?? LOL
Nope.
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Old Jul 12, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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your lucky its just the pump for some of us well...most of us its the whole airmatic crap!!!that goes out
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Understood, this could be worst.

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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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I had similar problem (cranking noise on the passenger side) while driving or get in and out of the car or during car raising up and down. I first thought it is the airmatic or strut was bad. My local MB shop checked and replaced the ball joint. The problem was fixed. It cost me $350 including part+labor.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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dealer said it was ball joint $600 dollars with parts and labor.
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Old Jul 23, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Call G&A import auto repair in East Longmeadow for a quote 413-526-5401
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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i went to G&A auto import in east long meadow, thanks, dealership originally quoted me $600 for repairs, i went to G&a and they said it was just a ball joint repairs are $270 parts and labor!!!which is a $330 dollar savings over dealer, and it was just a ball joint, not ten things like stealership says
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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similar problem happened to my dads 01 S500
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Old Aug 6, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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now my passenger window/door/seat/mirror all lost power the fun wont stop with this car... i swore this should have been a lemon
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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replace the fuse
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Old Aug 8, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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now my passenger window/door/seat/mirror all lost power the fun wont stop with this car... i swore this should have been a lemon
Try disconnecting the battery and after re-connection, reset the windows. You will have ABS, BAS messages on your display. Clear this by turning the steering to each extreme ends. If your electric problems are still there, you might have a bad SAM.
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Old Aug 10, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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why did this happen to you before?
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dragonrt
I had similar problem (cranking noise on the passenger side) while driving or get in and out of the car or during car raising up and down. I first thought it is the airmatic or strut was bad. My local MB shop checked and replaced the ball joint. The problem was fixed. It cost me $350 including part+labor.
Is this ball joint is the same thing like cv joint? or that's different thing?
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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ok i unplugged battery..................., mirror, power seat, mirror blinker,power window wont work at all............what controls all of these?
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 11:14 AM
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ok i unplugged battery..................., mirror, power seat, mirror blinker,power window wont work at all............what controls all of these?
Door Control Module.
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 01:52 AM
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