Maintain your old car when it needs maintaining, and don't drive like a maniac all the time, and I'm sure it will serve you good. the convertible top and electric windows.īesides the minor "gone wrongs", everything works! Wow. Helps you with all kinds of electrical issues, e.g. Remember to charge your battery a couple of times a year. Check your trunk, you should find a blue box there. Note that there's no spare tire, only the electric compressor for air and some temporary filler stuff. Easy to replace with a decent modern unit. The original MB Audio 10 car stereo sucks. Still, should be stronger and last much longer than a regular chain. Not bad for an 18-year-old car, which has been driven in the harsh Finnish climate. Just some minor, a couple of cm wide, rusty spots. Running costs are reasonable, and it's not too hard to do some things by yourself. No leaks, the engine and the base are very dry and clean. I had a block heater installed and bought studs. Clearly good old MB quality engineering and parts, inside and outside.Įxcellent drive in the winter too, despite the rear wheel drive. I wouldn't go for the first, Kompressorless, SLK 200 with "only" 134HP. This one sticks to the road, and the Kompressor kicks in. If you're looking for real roadster, or even a sports car, but don't want to spend a fortune, you have found it. Sometimes the top opens pressing only once. Let go of the button and wait for three seconds. Sometimes you have to open the convertible top by pressing the button multiple times. Left mirror glass was badly worn out, or it was some cheap substitute. Headlight adjustment is mandatory here in Finland, I think. Never mind, you'll find manual knobs for both lights under the hood. Headlight adjustment switch in the cockpit is out of business. Don't worry, you'll get used it, just leave it half empty, or half full. Somebody told me it's typical for some SLKs that the tube is loosely installed, or whatever, so it leaks a bit if too full. Post how everything went on this thread.Washing fluid container holds only about 1/2 of the capacity. Also if you go ahead with this procedure. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD ANYTHING I MAY HAVE COMMITTED. Hope this helps, and remember, do this at your own risk. you are basically teaching your ECU how to handle your car. Remember your ECU is still getting all the readings from all the sensors on your car so drive slowly first then faster. Let your car run idle for about 5 minutes and then take it for a spin. Notice the two yellow lights disappear from your dashboard.ġ0. I checked the fuses (15 Amp, count 2), they looked fine visually, nevertheless replaced them, with no result. This is not the anti-theft code issue, I don't even get a prompt to enter the code. Calibrate your ABS and ESP systems by turning the steering wheel all the way to your RIGHT and then all the way to your LEFT. Upon replacing the battery, the radio on my SLK230 (2002) is not getting power. You will get 2 malfunctions, your ABS and ESP systems must be calibrated.ĩ. Turn all your lights on and off, including your fog lightsĨ. pull the sunroof all the way back and all the way forward then up and then downĦ. you can forget about listening to the radio.Ĥ. Turn on your stereo and enter your stereo code. by pressing both up and down buttons at the same time. Turn on your blower and make both sides go to 72 deg. Do the same closing the windows by holding both switches and making them click once the windows are all the way up.Ģ. This lets the ECU learn that that is the end of the window track and it records it in memory. Once both windows are all the way down make both switches click by pressing them all the way down. Bring down both windows at the same time by holding the switches just before the click that brings them down automatically. Reseting your windows: You only have ONE shot at this so you must not screw up. Turn the key to position 2 (DO NOT START YOUR ENGINE)ġ. Open your trunk and disconnect the negative side of your battery, wait 30 seconds and re-connect it back. READ THE WHOLE PROCEDURE BEFORE GETTING STARTED Make sure you have your stereo's Anti-theft codeġ1. make sure your parking brake is releasedħ. Make sure your sunroof is completely closedĤ. Make sure your windows are all the way upģ. Make sure your steering wheel is not turned to either side.Ģ. The difference between having the dealer "reset your ECU and you doing it is that the dealer only clears the faults the ECU has on memory, when you reset your ECU, it must basically re-calibrate itself and learn about all your car's systems from scratch.ġ. * I highly recommend you take your ECU to a dealer to clear any faults.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |