2002 Mercedes-Benz S500 Suspension Problems

“My airmatic suspension madey my car go down real low, I pay a lot of money to get the two air matic suspension fix. My rear end is still going down and now the rear is lower than the front. I am just lije the rest of the people that has complaint about this . Nhtsa action number ped7042. I feel they need to make the manufacturer fix this problem before some one get hurt bad or dead.”

“My complaint is related to my 2002 mercedes benz S500 about the airmatic I took my tothe shop and pay lot of money to get the airmatic fix because they what said that was it . The car is still going down when it sit for a day or two and now they are tell me that it is the suspension valve block. I beleive that I have be taking , because I am a woman. I feel something should be done about this.”

“Twice since I've had this car I've had to replace the suspension first the back then at my fathers funeral the front both resulting in a lot of money, and there is no recall on the suspension? Why?”

“This complaint is related to a 2002 Mercedes-Benz S500 with rear wheel drive and the airmatic suspension system. After parking the vehicle and shutting off the ignition, loud banging noises came from the airmatic suspension compressor at the front right of the vehicle. No warnings or faults were displayed on the vehicle's diagnostic system and the vehicle's ride height was normal. The banging noise stopped. …”

“I owned 2002 mercedes model s430. About 6 months ago I noticed my car dropped lower to the tires as I started, then I turn it off and back on for the car to function normally. Now, for past 2 weeks the problem has come back and acted very often. I also talked to few friends and they said other vehicles with same model are experiencing same problem. Is this a recall from mercedes to correct the problem yet. I like to know a little bit more info on this problem and how to correct it.”