I have a 2003 w211 with xenons that I just bought second hand.
After getting it home without problems the next day the battery was flat and so had to be jump started.
It started and then showed errors on the dash, all of which I have been able to reset using advice from this forum except a brake light error and weirdly the xenons were flashing together with various dashboard light like the hazard warning triangle for example!
I drove it around and charged up the battery hoping it was just a low charge issue but the next morning it was flat again
I changed the battery for a new one but it still doesn't hold a charge plus the left hand xenon stays on all the time even when everything is switched off!
I just left it two days charging like that but it is still the same and the battery charge level is not increasing.
I have read as much on here as I can find and am now thinking it may be the front sam at fault due to the jump start...
I don't have a lot of cash (unemployed) and so would hate to buy a sam off ebay and find it didn't work if the answer is something else.
PLEASE HELP
Any advice would be very gratefully received
Bob
After getting it home without problems the next day the battery was flat and so had to be jump started.
It started and then showed errors on the dash, all of which I have been able to reset using advice from this forum except a brake light error and weirdly the xenons were flashing together with various dashboard light like the hazard warning triangle for example!
I drove it around and charged up the battery hoping it was just a low charge issue but the next morning it was flat again
I changed the battery for a new one but it still doesn't hold a charge plus the left hand xenon stays on all the time even when everything is switched off!
I just left it two days charging like that but it is still the same and the battery charge level is not increasing.
I have read as much on here as I can find and am now thinking it may be the front sam at fault due to the jump start...
I don't have a lot of cash (unemployed) and so would hate to buy a sam off ebay and find it didn't work if the answer is something else.
PLEASE HELP
Any advice would be very gratefully received
Bob