Max.H

keep us posted, this may help others too.

SuperChargerE55

Super good. Here is the reason why I mention all this been in same situation only was to high after a work shop visit when picking the car sits much higher than before and I got so pissed sorry the language AMG center claimed we didn't do anything but never had problems either and asked them to reset and recalibration.
​​​​but they keep claiming is leaking in the rear resovoir we see white powder on the hoses know the resovoir and a long story to make it short ended up with them paying the instalation and I bought the arnotts rear they replaced them tech called me when done no change I was busted so again asked them to Reset & recalibration (recalibration) important.
He then see the front somehow to low and the system will then adjust to compensate even when my wife and kids was I the rear jesus christ I had room for 30" wheel ") when they got out it came down little bit but the RESET did nothing it was the recalibration there was nothing wrong with resovoir or old airmatic was like new like new still have them anyway problem was finally solved.

​​​​and could finally concentrate on clonk rear with was the like most E Class happens for all e-class not just e55 rear subframe bushings.

The expense I had with these 2 things busted me lol but is how it is im a happy E55 owner now and would pay again I'd problem happens

Hope someone can use this info and ur problem. get solved beo

kenneyd

Im just hypothesizing...
When you unlockdoors or open the doors or trunk, the system opens valves to level the car.
The car uses stored pressure in a tank to do this. what if the tank is empty? does it still open the valves?
I would imagine there has to be a sensor that checks the pressure in the tank, if that sensor is bad, it would explain the drop when the valves are open.

Im having intermittent issues with mine as well. basically, usually it takes 8-14 days parked to drop the rear, but occasionally it will drop in an hour. If it was a leak in the bags, that wouldn't explain the intermittentness of it

rickzE55AMG

I just had the same problem with my 04. I hooked up the STAR system and recalibrated the front to rear and walla, no problems. Gotta know if your ride height sensor is functioning also.

Hulk

Don't be surprised if it comes back
Once you recalibrate it always needs tweaking

rickzE55AMG

I'm not gonna lie, coilover conversion kit is on the list for spring. Seems every 4 months I have to replace or recalibrate something on this. I do this for a living and have had to dump 3 grand into this car in one year, getting kind of old

2K5E55AMG

Does anyone have the correct spec on the calibration that I can check with my indy?

I assume that he did recalibrate everything since the control module was replaced but I'll check with him.

Hulk

From what a tech told me there's no set calibration
You ell need to hook up a romess tool to set an individual car

2K5E55AMG

When you had this issue, was the raising of the airmatic also random or intermittent?

rickzE55AMG

Really, cause to recalibrate front to rear, you hit front to rear option on the scanner. Think your tech doesn't know what he is talking about

bbirdwell

You don't need a Romess. You can use an inclinometer app on your cell phone. See this:
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post6862688

And the attachment.

Hulk

I tried that app
Didn't work well
Might work for others

2K5E55AMG

Sorry, I was on vacation recently so couldn't check in.

I just remembered something and not sure if this affects the suspension. I had a 4 wheel alignment a couple of months ago since I got new tires, although this was done on an alignment rack, they were not a certifed MB indy.

Would an incorrect wheel alignment affect the suspension? Such as affecting the correction calibration of the camber, toe, etc and therefore the height of the suspension?

bbirdwell

The only thing easily adjustable is the toe on both front and back. Front can use adjustable camber bolts that give +/- 0.3 degrees of camber change and some castor change.

2K5E55AMG

I just spoke to my indy. He said he already calibrated everything for me previously.

Back to the drawing board...

2K5E55AMG

Here's a timeline of what happens with the car and if anyone can provide more insight, I'd greatly appreciate it!

The rear only drops when I unlock the car. I can hear the air being released out. Something is triggering this, not sure what.

Drove weekly for 4 weeks on weekend, rear does not drop (height stays up) when door is unlocked each time.

Didn't drive for 2 weeks and decided to take it out, rear drops (I can hear the air release) when I unlock the door. I drove it around with the rear sagging for about 10-15mins, parked the car, ran errand for 2 hours, unlock and started the car, the rear rose back up.

Car rear stays up, no drops for 3 weeks after what I mentioned above. Decided to drive the car (after the 3 weeks), unlock the car and no issues, no drops, drove it fine. Afterwards, parked it back.

2 weeks after that, I wanted to drive it, I unlock the car and the rear drops and I can hear the air being released. It does drop all the way down but very close to the fender. At this point, I didn't take it out of my driveway and just decided to leave it. Next day, I unlocked the car, it hear it release air a little more and this time the fender is slightly covering the tire.

After this, I've been starting and shutting the engine multiple times to see if the car would re-level itself. It hasn't. Right now the car is still in the dropped position.

At this point, I think it has something to do with the wake up functions. Just have no clue as to why the car decides to release air from the rear suspension.

Hulk

There's something in the airmatic module that's not right. They do go bad

I don't know if you checked this already but there are reservoirs in the trunk that can go bad as well

2K5E55AMG

I've replaced the airmatic module and that's when my indy also recalibrated the system.

I'm going to my indy this week to check the reservoir and connection lines to the tank. But the thing I still don't get is, if it was the reservoir issue, why would the car dump air when I unlock the car.

Hulk

This won't be easy to find. Something in the can is triggering this

2K5E55AMG

Do you guys know if it's normal for the car to drop slightly after engine off and over a long period of time?

I read with mix feedback on this. I've noticed the front rises after driving and seems to lower slightly after engine is off and goes slightly lower after sitting for a long period of time.

Edit: after a while the front seems to lower but the rear is pretty much same height. Is this normal or should the rear also lower slightly with the front?

Hulk

All levels are controlled by sensors

If the front is too low the rear will adjust to raise the front and same for rear, if it's too low the front will lower to adjust.

hachiroku

it will kick on the air pump. when i unlock using unlock on key fob or door handle i've witnessed my car raise the front literally an inch within 1 second. this was after parking my car on a upward pointing drive way for 2 days.

from what i could tell is...the car will self level itself to its best 30 seconds before start of car, and 30 seconds after exiting of car.

i actually had my airmatic adjust itself as i was jacking up the rear of the car to change my wheels. i believe i just exited the car and it was still within that 30 second or 1 minute time frame.

at the moment my car is lowered using an ELM, and at times when I get into my car I notice one corner is lower than normal due to uneven pavement while parked. when this happens i press the raise button, then after 5 seconds drive off...the car generally re-level's itself afterwards.

hachiroku

this happens to me when i park on an upwards driveway. if you're parked on level ground you shouldn't have this occur. if this is a common occurrence and upon unlock of doors or open of doors your front will raise automatically to the correct height you most likely have small leak.

Ls1toAMG

Mine is acting up again. Was dropping overnight then stopped for a year. Now the car sits 1/2 inch lower on the drivers side rear all the time. It never levels out on any setting. On hard right hand turns I get the white visit workshop. On one occasion I did get the red car too low when driving. I turned it off restarted and hit raise and its in sport 2 for 3 weeks. No dropping. I'm thinking it's the rear level sensor

Hulk

IF there's a leak it can only be in the trunk reservoirs since his rear arnotts don't use external reservoirs or the valveblock right next to the pump in the front