Entering the world of CL500 ownership ..........Code help

[ZX10]

Hi,

I am about to part with some hard earned on a 2007 CL500 - I'm aware this has the potential to get expensive quite quickly and I'm as prepared as I can be mentally to face some chucky bills over the coming months / years but I thought I'd share the results of an inspection I had on the vehicle which included a Star code scan. Its had money spent on it and the condition is generally very good, clear on all vehicle reports via Vcheck.uk

Is there anything in the below list of fault codes that would ring major alarm bells, it should be noted that the battery would have been a bit low as its stood for a while at the selling dealer, other things may be more significant than I currently understand! I also assume the "stored" items are perhaps old codes that have been thrown up that are not necessarily present still?

I'm not expecting perfection in a 13 year old car and its likely that most cars of this vintage will show a few items that may require "improvement" but I'm trying to avoid a very expensive mistake from the off.

Look forward to sharing my ownership journey.

BNS Vehicle Power Supply Control Module
B1014 - The consumer shutoff is active (Stored)

CTEL Mobile Phone Adapter with Universal Interface
U1010 - The supply voltage of the control unit is too low (Stored)
U16A2 - Component A2/91 (Bluetooth Antenna) has a short circuit to positive or an open circuit (Present)

ESA-FR - Electric Seat Adjustment Front Right
B1010 - The supply voltage of the control unit is too low (undervoltage) (Stored)

KG - Keyless Go
B1112 B67/2 - (Right Front keyless Go sensor unit) : Permanently Actuated (Stored)

OCP- Overhead Control Panel
U00E1 - Stored

SAM-F - Signal Acquisition and Actuation Module Front
B10D0 - (Present) ** From a quick internet search this could be "Component B48/8 Front passenger door pressure sensor) has a short circuit to ground"

TLC - Trunk Lid Control
B1010 - Control Module N121 (TLC control module) has detected undervoltage (Stored)

[davidbeaumont]

Sad to see no replies. I bought a 2009 CL500 10 months ago. I'd be interested to hear if any of those codes gave rise to problems. I code read mine with a cheap generic reader and found nothing, I do wonder if I need a better reader though.

2007 CL500s may suffer from the chocolate sproket problem - non hardedned steel sprockets were used in the balance shaft for a period about then. They wear by 100K miles or less and start throwing codes. Requires a very wxpensive engine stripdown. In the USA there was a successful class action about the problem. There is a site somewhere where you can check the VIN, mine comfortably missed the issue.

So far I've had to replace the alternator - involves dismantling the radiator, cleared the sun roof drains, fixed the clock satellite rollover issue, changed/upgraded the gearbox oil filter and oil, changed 8 spark plugs (easy) couple of oil changes (easy), fixed engine rear minor oil centrifuge leak (easy), changed the idler pulleys and belt just in case, changed air and cabin filters, fitted dash cam and fitted SD reader to PCMCIA slot. Still an intermittent issue with rear parking sensors and a concern about the ABC hydraulic suspension.