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Old 06-06-2018, 11:55 AM
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Suspension issue..

I have my e63s wagon at the Dealership for a week now waiting for a left front air suspension..
The car was fine up the hill but after a lunch stop [the car had been sitting for an hour] on startup everything was fine until I was a 1/4 mi. up the road and then I get a warning message "Do not exceed 20 mph"..
A few start and stops to see if it was just a hiccup in the system the car remained slammed in the front left.
I went into the trunk and pulled the compressor relay and control module waited 10 sec and plugged them back in and the car was back to level again.
I made it home but the next morning it didn't hold the air so I brought it in..

Leaky air spring, still waiting for a replacement from Mercedes...sad
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Ironic that they ditched the front airsprings in the 212 because of all the problems in the 211. Hopefully they didn’t they jump back in right where they left off...
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Old 06-06-2018, 02:11 PM
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Wow, sorry man, all the issues I'm reading lately is getting scary. I've got 8K miles on my car so far and no issues yet. I also had no issues with my 2012, guess I've got lucky. Hope they get you all squared away soon and that at least they gave you a decent loaner. The dealer here in Rhode Island generally gives me C classes when in for service and the dealer in Florida has always given me a E class. If I can find a dealer that gives AMG's I'll use them
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I wouldn’t just blame this simply on MB.

Car is lowered, airmatic plus is very stiff. Air pressure is higher in strut than designed. Hitting a dip at speed could create stress on the seals. Or it could simply be a bad strut.

Ours is lowered as well but when lowering suspensions, some of the dynamics change. No biggie either way...

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Yeah Ronin, you are/were lowered so what did you do before going to the dealer? Did you raise to stock?
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Nope, couldn't. Hey it was fine when I parked it to have lunch and then it wasn't... No bumps no dips no nuttin..
The car has been lowered for 7 months without any problems...
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Nope, couldn't. Hey it was fine when I parked it to have lunch and then it wasn't... No bumps no dips no nuttin..
The car has been lowered for 7 months without any problems...
Good luck and keep us posted.
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Like I mentioned in the past, MB has doubled the potential for suspension problems going from W212 to W213 by having airmatic in the front as well. MB should offer an airmatic delete option.
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Like I mentioned in the past, MB has doubled the potential for suspension problems going from W212 to W213 by having airmatic in the front as well. MB should offer an airmatic delete option.
Any complex tech could eventually be a problem, not just the suspension. Sign of the times if you have over 100 computers in a car. I look at an active suspension being a benefit for improved drive dynamics; that said I would rather have the MagneRide over Airmatic
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Latest word is the part will be at the dealership this coming Monday... I find it hard to believe suspension components are not on the shelf in the US.
These are wear items and should be in stock...
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Got the car back today, new air spring and shock installed under warrantee ..
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Same issue with mine - popping , groaning from rear end. Took in to dealership and advised them it may be rear sway bar, and sure enough it was loose. A quick 15 minute fix.
Wish I could say the same for my faulty oil gauge, which I have now been waiting 4 months for a fix...
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Originally Posted by otakki
Like I mentioned in the past, MB has doubled the potential for suspension problems going from W212 to W213 by having airmatic in the front as well. MB should offer an airmatic delete option.
Never gonna happen (delete option). You think the car is stiffly sprung right now, wait till it has no air suspension

Yes I am considering other cars that do not have air suspension, note, geometry is different on each and every one of those cars. Porsche Turbo (for eg) has air and rides much much smoother than the E63 yet can keep up in the twisties.
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My clunk-in-the-trunk seems to have been mostly resolved.

They originally checked everything for tightness but that apparently didn't fix the issue, so they ordered a new rear strut and replaced the one that seemed to be causing the issue. Apparently the noise was still there even after the strut was replaced. Said the noise was there when the car was cold but then went away after it was driven a bit. Next the tech removed the anti-sway bar and did more inspection of the rear suspension components.

At that point I had the option to have them reassemble the car and take it for the weekend or let them keep it and continue working on it. Decided to take the car, and to my surprise I'm not hearing any more clunking. Maybe twice in the last few days, and even then I'm not really sure it was "the" clunk.

Fingers crossed.
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I picked up the Ebay lowering module since the dealership put it all back to stock ride height and the car is sitting pretty once again..
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Car was at 24xx km (2017 made model, got the car in early June 2017) should be early batch) , was exiting a carpark at 15km/hr, suddenly a loud bang at front. The message below showed up:

Stop vehicle
vehicle too low

stopped the car, did a visual check, left front suspension (passenger side, ours are RHD) appeared collapsed n sitting much lower than others.

Towed back to factory, diagnosed left front air suspension literally exploded (that's why the loud bang). Replaced new one within 1.5 week, a demo e63s was given while waiting. So really not much to complain due to the excellent customer service except the fact that i couldn't stop thinking what if it exploded when I was pushing the car at high speed instead of 15km/hr.
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