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Old 11-09-2007, 12:58 AM
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Carlsson lowering moduale throwing "visit workshop code"

My car has the Carlsson LM and every once in a while the "visit the workshop" code comes up. Has anyone experienced this problem with their cars?

Also when I go over speed bumps it sounds like something may be loose with the rear suspension, has anyone heard anything like that with their cars? I only have 24K miles on my E55 and no accidents so I would think wear and tear would not be the issue.

I have a good guy that I work with at the SD benz dealership but they do know about the LM so it may be tricky. He did say that on the SL's the gas tanks would come loose and make a clanking noise. Has that happened with the E55's?
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My car has the Carlsson LM and every once in a while the "visit the workshop" code comes up. Has anyone experienced this problem with their cars?

Also when I go over speed bumps it sounds like something may be loose with the rear suspension, has anyone heard anything like that with their cars? I only have 24K miles on my E55 and no accidents so I would think wear and tear would not be the issue.

I have a good guy that I work with at the SD benz dealership but they do know about the LM so it may be tricky. He did say that on the SL's the gas tanks would come loose and make a clanking noise. Has that happened with the E55's?
The car is likely to low and it is throwing a warning for that.

As for the thumping in the rear that is the nature of the air suspension. As the car compresses and decompresses over bumps you get a nice thumping sound like there is a dead body bumping around in your trunk. That can not be resolved as it is the nature of all MB's with AirMatic.

Once you lower the car the sound is more pronounced because the sound only occurs when the suspension is fairly compressed. So lowering the car means you hit that threshold far sooner than you would at stock ride height.

Good luck with the warning light but the thumping is nothing to worry about.
Old 11-09-2007, 03:25 AM
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I have my C-tronic module at the lowest setting and it doesn throw any codes...may be some connection isnt right, clear the faults codes it should go away...
Old 11-09-2007, 09:19 AM
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I installed a Brabus LM on my E500 and I got the same message, "visit workshop with the arrow facing up" I toke it to the dealer they couldnt take it off due to the LM.
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"As for the thumping in the rear that is the nature of the air suspension. As the car compresses and decompresses over bumps you get a nice thumping sound like there is a dead body bumping around in your trunk. That can not be resolved as it is the nature of all MB's with AirMatic. "

That is not true, I had my car lowered by the dealer....then after a while my rear always had a thumping noise as if I ran over a dead body.....it became on my nerve after a while so I took it to the dealer...They said my rear shocks were dead and replaced both rear shock absorbers...Now I hear no more thumping noises...
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Raise it to max and then lower it...make sure all connection are right and the Casrlsson lower buttons switched on right...
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best way to solve this.. take off your LM, and lower it with the bracket mod, i've never gotten this noise you guys are talking about.. and never a code for that either.. only code i get is foglight is out, thats about it
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Originally Posted by III II I I AMG
best way to solve this.. take off your LM, and lower it with the bracket mod, i've never gotten this noise you guys are talking about.. and never a code for that either.. only code i get is foglight is out, thats about it
do you have any side shots of your E? and what kind of wheels are those - looks clean!
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Originally Posted by derrick_lui
"As for the thumping in the rear that is the nature of the air suspension. As the car compresses and decompresses over bumps you get a nice thumping sound like there is a dead body bumping around in your trunk. That can not be resolved as it is the nature of all MB's with AirMatic. "

That is not true, I had my car lowered by the dealer....then after a while my rear always had a thumping noise as if I ran over a dead body.....it became on my nerve after a while so I took it to the dealer...They said my rear shocks were dead and replaced both rear shock absorbers...Now I hear no more thumping noises...
Well I have had the shocks in my E55 replaced right after lowering with newer 2006 (had a 2004 with Dec 2003 build) versions and the sound was still there. I have had 6 cars with AirMatic and every single one had the sound.

Same was present with my E500, S500, E350 Advantgard, and right now my R350, which is lowered a tad, makes the same sound. All have AirMatic.

But what do I know??

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well Mercedes cars are always very weird....They are very unpredictable I'd say....maybe I was lucky....but who knows, maybe the thumping noise will come back next week...I dunno, I just got my car back like 2 days ago..
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I plan on having someone outside of the dealership take a look at my LM. I am guessing I can adjust something on it to clear or stop the codes.

As for the thumping, I am assuming if I ask the dealership to look at it no matter what the problem is they will blame the LM.
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The same thing happens with my Renntech LM, always in the rear.
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Well, I did my lowering through the dealership...not kleemann, renntech or aftermarket tuners..

They did a great job actually...
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You name it i've had it or got it...
probably a connection is loose...i had the same problem on my renntech elm when a wire wasn't fully connected (before i soldered them)
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Originally Posted by baldmike73
do you have any side shots of your E? and what kind of wheels are those - looks clean!
dont really have a side shot.. but let me see what i can find, the closest it gets


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oh yea.. about the wheels, you dont want them.. theyre cheap.. i just wanted to be special and put japanese wheels on a euro.. keep it jdm lol.. na im jk.. im simply cheap, 2gs for the whole set

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