RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

you can't install ABC on this model because of engine design. the ABC pump is tandem with the power steering pump and talking about changing the whole suspension is a terrible thing to do. the engine control unit is getting data from ABC,ESP, ETC, and other control modules to control the whole car and suspension. a big conflict.

the handle on the door has a resistance sensor on which the doors will unlock by inserting your hand even if you don't pull out the handles. could there be anything between it that change the signal?

the power trunk closing can be installed, but it will cost you much.

i thought the seat vent blows air upwards? it was installed on the purpose of ventillation and not to draw air down from somewhere....

have those tire pressure sensor monitor calibrated. if they can't, i'll teach you how to do it. easy.

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

It is rare that you will be able to get the car you ordered, unless you are willing to "wait". It usually takes a couple of months to see your car in the dealer.
So what the dealer does is they'll try to sell you a car that is "similar", with different options.
(This maybe a vehicle that has been ordered and then cancelled by one of its customers. )
The free maintenence program has been cancelled for 2005 model years, which means owners will have to pay for things like oil change. Things that break down are still covered by the standard 4 year / 50,000 miles warranty.

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

ABC is only available on S600.

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

ABC is available on the S430 here in U.S. for $ 3090 extra

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

thats far too cheap. a good deal.

in here, that is only the price of front and rear valve, pressure valve and 8 liters of pentosin CHF for bleeding. i have done this job several times whenever they found their car down on the ground in the morning.

before we replace it for free, but now we charge $2800. i just can't imagine how much it will be if all 4 hydraulic shock absorbers is included, 4 leveling sensors, 2 yaw rate sensors, 1 ABC control unit, high pressure hoses, instrument cluster, switch, reservoir, and pump is included.

here's a story:
during the 2001 APEC meeting in shanghai, germany provided 86 new S600 for their promotion and by request of the shanghai government. it's an advantage for our dealer because the car came in tax free! we can sell it at the same price of S280. it's almost sold out before the ship arrives. two of those are pullman (the long one) and another two are code7 armor vehicle ehre the windshield alone weighs 350 kilos. two germans came in to train me because it is a very high secured matter. should bin laden have contacted me, i must have done the best job.
i was to do the PDI (pre delivery inspection) on all of them with hardly 2 people to assist me. now the panic, 88 cars and 5 days to go. on the second day, 64 of them got leaky valves and was down flat on the ground and cannot be driven!
the hydraulic oil and valves are all to blame...faulty. i need 1000 liters of un-contaminated pentosin, 120 valves, and 60 pressure valves including the reservoir!!!
lufthansa and other airlines will not fly it in because it needs special permit for being a dangerous goods. Juergen Schrempp's private plane can only go as far as thailand and from there another chartered plane slip inside china with special escorts and permit. 6 best german technicians (trainors) from other parts of the world came in together one by one and we work 24 hours a day on end.

from that moment on, they improve the quaility of ABC and we replaced all that has been sold earlier.

nobody knows this first story of ABC. it's very internal matters.

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

all i know is that we ordered the car with ABC and it is available here in US. The dealer said they couldn't install trunk closer, that that had to be done in Germany as well. We have waited 2 months for the car and no one monitored to make sure it was what was ordered. SO, now we start over again and wait 2 more months for the '05. Does anyone know if the body style is the same? Do they have the "kink"s out of the Comand system? Does the ABC work?

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

trunk closing aid is more simple to install compare than ABC.
basically, the Sclass body of the same model year is the same chassis. the only difference is what you got under the hood and few inside. they are all pre-wired for future additional equipments like tele-aid, park distance control, distronic, etc.
i haven't seen the '05 model yet. it will start coming in china this coming october.

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

http://www.q45.org/comandbsodfinal.jpg

Just to lighten things up. :)

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

Jesda, it was too small to read.

can you write down what it says?

was it an intermittent or permanent problem now?

your car is under warranty, have you let the dealer check it?

what's the result?

RE: 2004 S430 COMAND System Crash
 

No no, it was just a photoshopped image of a Windows "blue screen of death" in the COMAND display. Just making a silly joke. Sorry.

-Jesda