Mercedes's $H**MATIC air suspension
#1
Mercedes's $H**MATIC air suspension
A family member drives a 2006 R500 with about 70k miles.
And the shitty Airmatic air springs have been going out one after the other.
She usually comes to me for car advice; this is the 2nd one that goes out. The first one went out and she fixed it at a dealership costing her about $2400, now one of the rear ones went out and god knows when the other two will go out.
Can anyone suggest an alternative?
Would it be cheaper to swap it for a coil springs type of suspension?
And the shitty Airmatic air springs have been going out one after the other.
She usually comes to me for car advice; this is the 2nd one that goes out. The first one went out and she fixed it at a dealership costing her about $2400, now one of the rear ones went out and god knows when the other two will go out.
Can anyone suggest an alternative?
Would it be cheaper to swap it for a coil springs type of suspension?
#4
Even on R class?
#5
My favorite MB models all happen to have Airmatic suspension as well. The SL, the S, the CLS, even the ML has air suspension. Its ridiculous, even my father's old Navigator air springs only failed once from what i can remember.
I'll check it out, id tell her to just fix that one side and sell it.
Its just sad a company like MB cannot build a decent product.
Its just sad a company like MB cannot build a decent product.
#6
I know..I was half-joking, but this is a major issue and quite $$$$ to address as you see.
#8
Some guy claims to have paid $2700 to fix an air strut on his CL500. Thats nuts.
People should file a class action lawsuit against MB
#10
I do have the same problem. And I had it replaced and its great so far (2 years) but with the SL, there is no other choice BUT to continue with the shitmatic abc suspension. check MBWorld.org Mercedes Benz Enthusiast Community im sure there should be something with the R500