Dan wrote: Lastly, the right front SAM is acting up… Who is SAM? I’ve never seen that acronym before.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2023, at 8:37 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Took the car out for a shakedown run after I installed the new exterior > mirrors. > > OMG! > > This car has amazing power and acceleration. I think the Road and Track > review said they were able to do 0-60 in under six seconds, and I would > believe it. You definitely get some serious push back in the seat when you > stomp this thing. > > After the shakedown, I ran a quick test on it and found what I expected to > see - the left bank of cylinders misfiring, adaptations out of whack because > of the rich mixture getting to the O2 sensors, etc., etc. I got the new set > of coils ordered from the aftermarket guy. They should be here later in the > week. > > The right rear ABS sensor keeps coming up as open. Not sure if the wiring is > goofy or maybe the ESP module is acting up. It didn’t throw ESP or BAS > errors, but my ABS light was on all the time. > > Lastly, the right front SAM is acting up since I did the repair in the fuse > box. At least that’s when it was working for a short time, at least. A > mechanic very well versed in these models told me that SAM go kaput all the > time and I should just replace it. Found a good used on on eBay for $50, > that’s on the way tomorrow. > > For the most part everything is sorted. There are some less critical things I > need to address, but for the time being all the big stuff has been fixed or > is being dealt with. > > It is an amazing car and will cause great consternation for our local > gendarmes once I let Mrs. Dan get behind the wheel. > > -D > >> On Mar 25, 2023, at 3:54 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Huzzah! >> >> Didn’t find any opens when testing the ESP wiring, but bugging it must have >> resolved the issue as I no longer have the fault. It would fire up >> immediately upon startup without even moving the car, and the last couple >> times I’ve started it they no longer appear. >> >> I’ll take it to the grocery store tomorrow for a test drive. >> >> Tomorrow I’ll pull the bumper to remove the headlights so I can repair the >> wiring and replace melted running light bulb sockets. This was enough of an >> issue that Mercedes sells the sockets with pigtails as service parts. I’m >> not getting any xenon headlight on the driver’s side, so I’ve got new >> Philips bulbs for both sides and a ballast just in case, too. >> >> Put the battery clamp in and installed a missing cargo net hook in the trunk. >> >> Looks like I’ll have to pull door cards in order to install the new exterior >> mirrors I got. Ugh. Not a bad job, just something I wish I didn’t have to do >> just to replace the mirrors. While I’m in there I’ll look for things that >> are amiss or missing, like the plastic barrier film, for example. Both seat >> adjusting panels are a bit loose, likely due to the PO ham-handing them in >> the past. >> >> -D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
