Originally Posted by
caravanc83
Gents,
I would appreciate some advice. I have a 2007 limited roadster that I have put 110000 miles on as of yesterday. The nearest dealership I can get to here south of Houston has kindly asked that I take my business elsewhere as they have openly admitted that they have no idea how to handle my car.
Your car is a Mercedes SLK320 with a different body on it, seldom will you find a Chrysler dealer that is knowledable. Take the car to some local shop that makes Mercedes a specialty, and you will do much better.
There are several lights that pop up on a regular basis. The longest occurring is an intermittent check engine light that is always linked to an air pump error. Looking at this forum as guest this seemed to be common issue related to the control relay so I have continued to confirm the check engine light is the air pump and then ignore it.
WHile you can just replace the relay control module, it would be cheaper to have all the contacts resoldered. This fixes most of them, a few will need a new relay. If it goes that far, you can buy a new module or obtain a relay and have it alone replaced. If you have another car you can drive for a few days, there are forum members you can mail the module to and one of us can replace the relay for a nominal charge.
Second is the light bulb indicator, it appears when they headlights are switch on but NO ONE can figure out what bulb is out. Does anyone have a list of the bulbs in the car so I can find the darn thing by process of elimination?
Mine comes on at times, if I cant find the burnt out one, it's because it's the license plate light - well, there are two of them. My right one acts up, I can tap the lens and it comes back on. Gotta take it apart some day and clean the contacts.
Finally, I can't remember the official name of the dash light but the manual said it indicated an elevated fluid temp or level. I have had several oil changes and both the dealership and the NTB I stopped in tonight swear that all the fluid levels in the car seem fine and based on color etc none seem in need of a change. The light comes on while driving, relatively quickly when it's hot out (it gets over 100 here for a while every summer) and after 10-15 min of driving now that it's cooled off (70's). So it would seem to me that this is a temperature thing, which could make a fluid level rise if the fluid can expand enough, however the temp gauge has never elevated.
I am getting tired of no one being able to help diagnose my baby. Any advise would be appreciated!
Ok, there is a high oil indicator, it appears in the odometer window. An oil can and the word "HI" pops up - If this is the one, I have had it as well - when doing oil changes, I put in only 8 quarts of oil, not the recommended 8 1/2 quarts - no problem since. I have had two Roadsters and this has been an issue with both of them - a member in Florida "Danimal" put me on to this one.
But if you are talking of a yellow light, I'm unsure of which one you are talking about. Watch for it, does it come on in the left or right hand end of the panel? What does it look like?
We can go from there. If you need an owner's manual, click here and download one:
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ollection.html