2003 Mercedes E320 CDI Estate - It was fun while it lasted

[AMCrebel]

Well I am back driving at last - got the OK from the consultant yesterday.

During my 6 or so weeks off my mate's been kindly coming over and taking me for a curry and driving us there in the Merc.

Last week he got the Merc version of the 3 amigos - ABS ESP and the other one - and now I can't get the fucker to go.

I know there are some Merc beards on here - I expect I need to get the codes read so am thinking of getting a code reader - any wisdom about the possible cause and what code reader to get?

I must have missed something. Why weren't you able to drive?

I went to my doc because I kept falling asleep - he suspected sleep aponea and told me not to drive. Since then I have been tested, found I did have it and started using a cpap machine to deal with it - but the doc insisted I see a specialist before saying I was OK to drive again. Due to our world class NHS I have paid for all of this as I'd have been waiting months otherwise.

ETA special mention for Work and BUPA - my work provided BUPA has a blanket exclusion for sleep disorders so told me to fuck off when I tried to claim.

[Drum]

You'll be glad that's over with.

[AMCrebel]

You'll be glad that's over with.

Aye, just a bit.

[AMCrebel]

Thanks all, I have ordered a genuine brake light switch on the grounds that it's cheaper than a code reader. I think I am going to start a different thread about code readers.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Glad to hear you’re back behind the wheel, I’ve only had 2 weeks off after an op. but still the longest I’ve not driven since I was 17. Anyway have you tried the lock to lock thing ? Google it but I know it switched the ABS/ ESP / BAS lights off on a CLK we had a couple of years ago. Worth a try for no cost.

[Scruffy Bodger]

Well I am back driving at last - got the OK from the consultant yesterday.

During my 6 or so weeks off my mate's been kindly coming over and taking me for a curry and driving us there in the Merc.

Last week he got the Merc version of the 3 amigos - ABS ESP and the other one - and now I can't get the fucker to go.

I know there are some Merc beards on here - I expect I need to get the codes read so am thinking of getting a code reader - any wisdom about the possible cause and what code reader to get?

I must have missed something. Why weren't you able to drive?

I went to my doc because I kept falling asleep - he suspected sleep aponea and told me not to drive. Since then I have been tested, found I did have it and started using a cpap machine to deal with it - but the doc insisted I see a specialist before saying I was OK to drive again. Due to our world class NHS I have paid for all of this as I'd have been waiting months otherwise.

ETA special mention for Work and BUPA - my work provided BUPA has a blanket exclusion for sleep disorders so told me to fuck off when I tried to claim.

My old man was diagnosed with that getting on for 30 years ago now, apparently he's the oldest person on the books at the sleep clinic now, he went there every year for observations for years! The new machines are incredible compared to the old, so quiet compared to how they were! His machines have literally been round the world with him, the difference they make to his life is incredible. As a kid I can never remember him seeing the end of a film and his snoring was so bad he's been banned from hotels. It reduces pressure on the heart enormously (lucky as he's had a quadruple heart bypass) and it improved his quality of life massively.

Try and stick with it if you can!

[SiC]

Possibly more at NorfolkNwedge but I guess you may know too.

What's the deal with Sensotronic brake systems? Presumably yours has it at this age and are they as troublesome as some make out?

Can you still get replacement new units when the brake counter maxes out? Presumably not very safe to reset and carry on using.

[Jazoli]

Possibly more at NorfolkNwedge but I guess you may know too.

What's the deal with Sensotronic brake systems? Presumably yours has it at this age and are they as troublesome as some make out?

Can you still get replacement new units when the brake counter maxes out? Presumably not very safe to reset and carry on using.

You can get them rebuilt by a company in London, he's known as Jonny SBC surprisingly, sbc pumps won't trigger the 3 amigos.

[SiC]

Possibly more at NorfolkNwedge but I guess you may know too.

What's the deal with Sensotronic brake systems? Presumably yours has it at this age and are they as troublesome as some make out?

Can you still get replacement new units when the brake counter maxes out? Presumably not very safe to reset and carry on using.

You can get them rebuilt by a company in London, he's known as Jonny SBC surprisingly, sbc pumps won't trigger the 3 amigos.

Looks like he stopped doing business:
https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/inde ... bc.193216/

From searching it appears many places simply reset the counter for their £150 fee rather than actually rebuilding them to zero time properly.

[Jazoli]

That's a bugger, don't think I'll ever buy an SBC equipped merc now, mine needed doing but other things happened and I ended up scrapping the car.