I recently found a swimming pool in the battery compartment of a '12 R350 CDI. I removed about 3L of water from there - which was coming in from the fresh air intake in the right front engine bay area - thanks to someone not installing all 3 nuts that secure the cowling. Thankfully, the brains at MB thought this was also the best area to mount an unprotected piece of electronics - the front SAM. I have a number of things that were going haywire, most of which have been resolved, but a couple of circuits are still screwy. The washer pump is still running continuously (when connected), the RF lower LED light still flickers (improvement, as both sides were flickering and the headlights were also randomly working/not working), and perhaps other things that I haven't noticed.
I am looking for the wiring diagram of the front SAM that shows the connectors so I can try and track these circuits down and make sure there are no other wiring faults. The water level was about halfway up the bottom connectors, so some things definitely shorted out. I was able to determine that the washer pump is on the 'D' connector. 'A' and 'D' were immersed in water. Also, does anyone know if an ML SAM would be plug and play or should I expect options differences and SDS programming? They have the same part number.
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Monday, April 8th, 2024 AT 8:15 AM