Thanks in advance for all help here. I've read many forums before joining here and posting this. This problem seems common, but I have not been able to find a definitive answer as to why it is occurring. Many sites/videos will show you what is melted on K40 and how to solder it, but not why it is melting down. I've been dealing with this issue for almost a full year now. The supercharger fuse keeps blowing on the K40 in my 1999 slk230. When that happens the asr/esp light comes on the dash, as does check engine light. At one point it would only have the esp/asr light come on. I'd change fuse and be off and running again (for a while). As some point, it stopped working altogether. I discovered the k40 had a melted connection. So I soldered it up, and was off and running. Unfortunately, it would only last a few trips, or sometimes as little as 25 minutes. I got so good at fixing it I could do the solder repair in under 5 minutes. Finally, I gave up, and purchased a brand new k40, thinking it might be shorted out, but I was not entirely convinced this was going to solve my problem. . Sure enough, I got about a month out of the new k40, and now have the exact same problem again. It obviously is cause and effect. The K40 is melting down from something else on the circuit. Something is creating a huge current draw/short and melting the solder in the K40. ABS motor is showing .3 ohms draw, and Super charger clutch was around .4 ohms. I can't imagine a wheel sensor would create a large enough short to melt solder. What else in the system on this circuit would have a large current draw? What else is on this fuse's circuit? And where are these parts located?

Thanks again for any help. I don't want to keep throwing parts at it. I want to know what to test and what ohm readings I should be getting.

 

If its only the supercharger fuse blowing, why not take the fuse out of the system then replace it with a circuit breaker, that will reset itself.

I wouldn't go any larger than the size fuse used for it.

here is one at amazon its the same configuration that is in the K40 just plug it in when it blows it will reset.
I hope this works out for you but I think you might have a wiring problem somewhere there is a wire that is touching metal.

 

The "supercharger" is not the problem. The ASV/BAS circuit has some sort of safety provision so that, when that fuse blows, it shuts down the supercharger. This way you don't keep driving around without the ASV/BAS which are both stability features. That much I do know. What I need to know, is what, and where are the components located on the ASV/BAS circuit. In addition, a circuit breaker would not help me. The K40 is melting down before the fuse blows. A breaker would do the same thing. Something is a high current draw on the ASV/BAS Circuit, enough to melt down solder.

 

Maybe this will help, you can looking at the wiring diagrams in these manuals .https://manuals.co/workshop/mercedes/slk-230

Years ago I bought online manual for my car for 15 bucks now I see you can view them for free.