SL/R129: Help, Idiot lights all over...
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Help, Idiot lights all over...
My father is nice enough to leave town every year during the best convertible weather, so I have his car this week ('97 SL500 w/ 53K miles). He commented to me before he left that the ABS light was coming on sporadically in his car. I've been driving it for 3 days and it never came on until today...but both the ESP and ABS light and stayed on for the last two times I've driven the car. Also, what I noticed on Saturday was the brake pad indicator light is coming on sometimes and it appears the rear pads need to replaced, which I hope to have done tommorrow (wednesday). I'm guessing the ESP and ABS lights might be a bad wheel sensor since they both seem to operate together??? Is this a common problem with these cars???
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i did get these lights om my car,
and aalso it was from the Battery....
u need to check the battery, the ABS and ASR are both in one unit, and takes a lot of the battery power to function..
but if the battery is week, they will shut off, to keep the car running...
regards...
and aalso it was from the Battery....
u need to check the battery, the ABS and ASR are both in one unit, and takes a lot of the battery power to function..
but if the battery is week, they will shut off, to keep the car running...
regards...
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Battery
The battery is original and tests bad. I think $180 is unreasonable for a Mercedes (Varta???) battery. So I'll get him an Interstate or Die Hard Gold this weekend if I can find the correct one...Am I making a mistake by going aftermarket here???