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Old Jan 11, 2021 | 04:29 PM
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How to get rid of "STOP car too low" error message

So I lowered my 2002 S500 significantly on adjustable coilovers and now I constantly have the STOP car too low error message on my dash every time I drive the car.

Is there a way I can get the error message to go away even though the cars is still dumped. I've read about tricking the ride height sensors into thinking the car is at normal ride height.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers
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Old Jan 12, 2021 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by austin.tillison
So I lowered my 2002 S500 significantly on adjustable coilovers and now I constantly have the STOP car too low error message on my dash every time I drive the car.

Is there a way I can get the error message to go away even though the cars is still dumped. I've read about tricking the ride height sensors into thinking the car is at normal ride height.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers
just with links or coding
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Old Jan 12, 2021 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by BenzNinja
just with links or coding
okay, do you know where I can get the links or who/how it can be coded?

I guess I can just do some ebay links right? I just need to trick the computer into thinking it's at normal ride height

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Originally Posted by austin.tillison
okay, do you know where I can get the links or who/how it can be coded?

I guess I can just do some ebay links right? I just need to trick the computer into thinking it's at normal ride height
yes
there you go
you trick the sensors

coding you need hardware and software you don't have
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Old Jan 12, 2021 | 10:47 AM
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yes
there you go
you trick the sensors

coding you need hardware and software you don't have
okay cool, thanks!
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okay cool, thanks!
just buy them
measure each original link
then add 10mm to the original link size to the new
and see if that fixes
if not, add more mm
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Old Jan 12, 2021 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by BenzNinja
just buy them
measure each original link
then add 10mm to the original link size to the new
and see if that fixes
if not, add more mm
okay, got it. i'll let you know how it goes
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