2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 Electrical system Problems

“Started car and got message: abc malfunction, car too low . In actuality, car elevated. The ride of the car has changed. It has a soft and floaty feeling compared to its normal stiffer ride. I have seen the above complaint on the internet multiple times. It seems this is a wide problem. I haven't heard any recalls from mercedes.”

“I was driving an 03 SL500 and from the start the battery light (white stayed on) replaced both front and back battery and voltage regulator, now the red battery light is on and stays on. On last night, while driving down the highway, I heard a pop, car dropped and warning came on saying car was too low and fluid is leaking from the front driver side look like by the front wheel. Mechanic did a lot of guessing and still not fixed.”

“While driving to work, I was going about 35 MPH when the dash lights up red saying service brakes, stop vehicle, etc . My mechanic looked over everything to do with brakes and could not fix it. He called mercedes of tallahassee and was told it was an electrical issue that was a common problem with this vehicle. It did have a recall on it, but it expired in july last year, just my luck. So I googled it and have now found tons of people with the same experience! How can the vehicle safety administration legally allow mercedes benz to continue letting this happen to people? …”

“Ignition failure, no keys work to start the vehicle (it doesn't recognize the keys) car had to be put on a flatbed truck and sent to dealer for repaid.”

“Sometimes when I start the car the lights on the dash will not come on and none of the gauges work ! Then I turn it off and back on again and it works! Also when I'm driving and hit a little bump on the freeway and road the dash lights turn red and says drive carefully then 2 seconds later goes back to normal!”