My Mercedes E55 AMG Wagon finally broke, here’s how much it cost to fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- I went to European Automotive to repair my broken Mercedes E55 AMG Wagon. They determined that my rear air bags and compressor did indeed need to be replaced. Follow all the guys on Instagram
Thanks to Antigravity Batteries for providing the lithium battery. Here's the link to the battery I used: antigravitybatteries.com/prod...
Eclection Auto is who I used to buy and import the E55 AMG Wagon from Japan. Reach out to them for any of your JDM import needs.
Watch my full review from when I bought it on @TheStraightPipes - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Let me know what other updates you want to see on my cars
Any of your cars you regret buying? Any of them that you will hold onto for 10+ years? Would love to hear it!
A deep CLEANING😅
next video should be what @CHrisfix said. get some tools and do some tinkering. Maybe an intake or something.
Would like to lean more about the E55 exhaust.
I would have swapped the valve block, and the inline filter. No need for coding when adding a new one. I have airmatic on my E550, and it gave up at 12 years. Also putting new oil on the line would have helped extend the life of the new compressor, since the old compressor took a lot of it out, plus wear on the old oil.
Jakub you need to get yourself some tools and start tinkering yourself! Also, Antigravity batteries are epic! Lightweight and build in jump-starter!
I have secret tools that come out when required ❤️
he wore gloves to change battery lol He forgot the helmet.
You guys don’t know J. He can wrench. Trust me
Lol I had to put in the arnott myself in my allroad. After seeing the estimate from the shop, I had to learn (and get help from a friend).
CHRISS I MISS U ❤
The repair cost wasn’t as bad as I expected. You have an honest repair shop that delivers quality, trustworthy services. I love the wagon and am enjoying this new direction for your content!
EA is great, thanks!
He's a well known journalist and probably well acquainted with the shop workers and owners , also he has a camera recorded, probably be a different story if its a housewife coming in 🤣
That’s the price anyone would pay if they walked in. Call and ask for a quote 👍
I love this TH-cam experience as big time as he is, this has new TH-camr feel in the video in the best way possible. I’m excited to see what this channel grows into
Appreciate that since that’s exactly what I’m going for. Back to basics. I miss old TH-cam. Simple
Thanks for the shoutout Jakub! Glad to help get the AMG back up to date 🔋💪💪
Thanks so much. Love your products
Worth it. Wagons rule. Screw crossovers.
Hell yeah
Aren't SUVs just fat wagons?
no. the center of gravity makes a huge difference. station wagon/estate body style is a modification of a sedan from 3 box to 2 box. but hatchbacks are pretty much small wagons as they have the same two-box design@@snakeeyes9246
@@snakeeyes9246 Pretty much.
Completely F crossovers!!!
WABCO is Westinghouse Air Brake Company, very old, they also build trains.
You can be the Canadian Hoovie. You have a great personality, awesome editing in your videos, and equally amazing content. You have gained a subscriber.
Thanks, I don't know how he manages his fleet. Really nice guy who I've spoken to and invited me over if I'm ever in Kansas
Really cool video format and vlog style man. I have been watching your content since 2015 on TSP, and it’s awesome to see how successful your creation has become.
One thing I would love to see on this channel (prob not your favorite thing to do since you live it) would be a vlog related to your “daily grind” or maybe some behind the scenes content of how you built your brand, how you select vehicles to test drive, the manufacturer press car process, stuff like that.
This is something I haven’t seen any other “big” automotive channels ever do. I think it would be really cool.
Cheers dude, thanks for the amazing content through the years.
Thanks, maybe that will be sprinkled in some videos
Love the Vlog-style video man. You’re a great entertainer! Looking forward to more!! 🎉
I appreciate that!
Glad you went with Arnott! I used to work for eEuroparts before they sold the company and Arnott had a guy come out and give us a huge training session on their products. Great company and they make great products!
Very satisfied so far
The airbags may be good but their shocks are not.
Got to see this beauty at last year's cars and coffee ! Look forward to your next video 👍🏻
Thanks!! We’ll be hosting more this year
Installed Arnott's on mine last year. Working great!
Very happy so far
always loving seeing another 211… even if yours is way cooler than mine! hope to see more E55 videos on this channel!
Thanks! Will do!
Great to see your car collection.
Interesting content 👌
Thanks
Your wagon is dope! Makes me really miss my murdered out W209 CLK500. I loved that car. Did a lot of mods to it and had a blast driving it. Just got too expensive to keep up with.
Hell yeah
"just under 4000 dollars... CANAAADIAN"
Wrong channel but I like the one where you came from
It could be a Land Rover.... 😂
I liked to see more stuff from the auto shop, if possible, on the different diagnostics, troubleshooting.
Possibly the jdm wagon your buddy has.
On the Mercedes, you have, how you keep the paint so new, festures of that car, etc.
And maybe why you decided to revive this channel after so many yrs...
This is the exact type of content we need, fantastic Jakub! 🙂
Happy to hear that!
I truly do admire these motors. The amount of performance you get given the tuning capability and relative reliability really is almost unmatched these days. Not to mention the E55 is gorgeous.
Agreed. I was so tempted to start doing pulleys and tunes for easy horsepower but it’s my daily and I have all my other dumb cars that are heavily modded
Hi Jakub, thanks for the nice video. In February 2023 I replaced the rear air bags on my 2013 E550 with a pair of German Miessler (they are 100 km from Stuttgart) for which I paid 388.69 euros - CAD$ 573.21, delivered in 3 days to my door in Canada. The job was difficult to do though - being in Quebec rust and calcium essentially welded the old bags to their sockets, and it took about 8 hours each to take them out. As of March 2024 everything is fine.
Congrats
I paid less than that service for my whole e320 wagon! Thankfully it had air suspension done before I bought it. Jealous of your e55 and super happy its lasted that long for you!
I had to replace a M54B30 engine in my family wagon, its been down for 2+weeks and they haven't even begun. I also paid a $2,600 deposit when I dropped off RIDE. Good luck sir!
I subd to ur new channel, since you told about EA service shop. I own VW & need some tips like this....keep posting helpful videos👌👌👌👌
Thanks for the sub!
Great video Jakub!
Glad you enjoyed it
I kind of like the suspension in high-mode. Love the sleeper mom-wagon look only to SMOKE 99% of traffic. So cool. No worry of potholes or poodles lol.
Yes, and from owning one (a sedan), when I see low ride height I know what that does to the ride. You need some suspension travel.
Love Antigravity batteries, run them in my Porsches, saved me more than once.
Great product 👍
Love that wagon. I would like to see an old school 5cyl Quattro on the channel. My opinion is like rears, everyone has one. Maybe an ice racing day? Little old school Quattro run?
I know this has been said before many times but that is a really cool car. Love it. Easily may favorite E Class gen
Thanks I love it
As a wagon owner myself, I love seeing joy from a fellow wagon owner...so much better than SUVs
No compromise. Perfect car
Arnott also makes hydraulic struts for the ABC system used by Mercedes. You're good hands and the E55 AirMatic suspension lasted a long time.
Perfect
Hey Jakub awesome video 😊
Thanks!!
I have that exact snow brush and its possibly the best snow brush ever made
I agree. Bought it for my Raptor and transferred it to the E55
Man I was so happy to see this video on my timeline (a E55 vid not the fact that it’s broken 😢)
It’s ok it’s fixed now
Nice vid Jakub.
Man the wagon looks great! i need that lowering module i was gonna go with lowering through star diag but that looks good !! what is it?
I went with Armott in my 02 allowed when the oem failed. Love those W124’s
Awesome
Good stuff man 👍
Appreciate it
My grand marquis had the bags go bad . Was quoted $2500 to fix. I bought $350 springs and did the labor myself. Air is such a hassle
Very nice garage, I need to step up my garage game.
It’s my dream garage…just needs 3 hoists…and maybe a roof extension…and 3 more hoists
yeah that's the one thing I wish i could add to my garage a hoist @@itsreallyjakub
Great video. I need this module on my E55 wagon, who makes it ? Keep up the great content!
Love the coffee montage.
Great stuff 👍
Thanks 👍
I'm nervous for you for when the first "My SL Broke" video comes along!
Me too
I’m definitely getting some Autovlog vibes from this new channel🫣🫣
Good Luck Jakub!
Hi thanks for the video. Please could you send me details of the suspension lowering module. Love the OEM integration. Thanks.
Enjoyed the video. Its nice to know how much it costs to run these old vehicles.
Thanks, I’ll continue that with all my cars
When you had it up high it looked like a suv then slammed like a “proper estate” as the Brit’s say. If you get a good one they aren’t too bad on repairs. My friend has a cls500 and it hasn’t broken in 4 years
Proper estate from a Brit is the best compliment I could hope for. And this is on winter wheels all dirty
What in the holy hell!! That's price!!! Lol because Benz. Loving the new channel
$300 just for the inspection. Welcome to owning a European car.
Nice ride
WABCO is a manufacturer of air brake and air brake components! They manufacture everything from air brake chambers to ABS tone rings, brake valves and associated parts. Used almost universally in commercial vehicles they provide a lot of industries with air brake parts :)
Hell yeah
Most heavy vehicles use Wabco air brake systems
My rear is sagging on my e55 for the past year but this just sold me on replacing the air ride suspension to coilovers😵💫
Close to 4k for just the rear is wild, great car tho!
Get the air
He said he had a few other thing done to make the bill ~4k ..like the diagnosis & alignment etc. When I had my 2006 E500 wagon it was about 1500$ US parts & labor to have the rears air suspension replaced with Arnott. Way cheaper than dealership, who wanted 3k+. That was in 2014, so prices has to be higher now.
Raptor update and showcase would be cool to see! Does it have 400k kms yet?
It’s close! 385 I think?
Compressor and rear airbags, easy fix. did it my self not long ago paied rughly 6000 ( 600 usd) NOK for the bags and 4000 nok ( 400 usd) ish for the compressor
That exhaust sounds great while open! Is that OEM or did you pay for it to get done? If paid, what did it run you?
No it’s Hot Rod Scott’s valved exhaust. Same system on my foxbody. Valves never get stuck because they’re internal and electronic. I think around $1500-2000
Two weeks into ownership of my E550 wagon the front right shock went. Seems to be a rite of passage for ownership of these
Haha
She looks pretty clean. Congrats for taking care of it. And what about rust on winter driving, how are you going to deal with it? Just curious.
It’s protected with Honeyseal. Posted about it on Instagram over a year ago
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Great job! Quick question, how is the front leg room with rear facing child seats in the back? I saw a review of the newer Merc wagons, and a 5.11 person couldnt fit. Just looked like the angle of the seats and the car seats made it so it didnt really work.
My wife was able to sit there but she’s short. I honestly don’t remember since I moved it to front facing
@@itsreallyjakub thanks! appreciate the reply
Can we see the summer wheels?! So curious! Also, besides the exhaust, what else is done to the foxbody?
I’ll do another video when the summers are on. I did a foxbody build video on the straight pipes but I’ll go more in depth on this channel. th-cam.com/video/_sNNfRU_QTM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CmWFjYzkO11Vcwb1
bro black looks super kool to be honest
Hi Jakub, do you think you can provide a link for where you got the ride height control?
Lomo m1
If done DIY, this whole repair would have been under 1,500 USD using FCP EURO with lifetime warranty.
And this is an absolutely easy DIY repair.
That’s right
Hello, could you tell me whats the name of this aftermarket suspension control module?
The rear airbags on our w211 have 250k km's on them. It starts sagging after a few days of sitting, otherwise working fine!
Same except they started sagging while driving right before this repair
Jakub, is there anywhere to see your exhaust in depth? Im looking to do something similar to an e55 I just picked up!
No this is it
Hey where did you find the merc? I thought you said "collection auto" but couldn't find them when I searched. Thanks!
It’s in the description. I imported it from Japan
So which suspension module did you go with? (Or did I just miss that in the video?)
Lomo M1
I have been watching so many amg wagon videos. Really interested in following the path you went through eclection auto to make it affordable. For your car, what would you say you are averaging to maintain it given it’s 18 years old?
Up until this repair, it was just oil changes for 1.5 years
@@itsreallyjakub that’s perfect. Appreciate the response!
Fuaaaaaa my boy JaKuuub has 6 car garage eh. Killing it man🫡🫡🫡
It’s a 3.5 car that I managed to squeeze 4 cars in the winter 🥰
@itsreallyjakub 2005 e320 wagon owner. Had the exact same problem a few years back (~170k?) but I recall the cold in the prairies having something to do with it. Spent atleast 2300CAD for it. Since then I've had an SBC brake failure (2 tubes cracked) and a ESP malfunction which is not fixable due to hard to source parts. Love it to bits though. Good luck to the two of us
Yeah it’s common for it to happen more in the winter, air density. I hope I don’t have those 2 problems 🫠
You need a CTEK for that new battery!
I have some chargers
Man, this new youtuber has some really quality videos! He auto to collab with another Canadian based youtuber, I think his name starts with Y?
Like and subscribe don’t forget to hit the notification bell what’s up everyone
Did you buy this at Lang motorcar ? Saw this exact car there for sale a while back.
No
Is the Z06 broken too? It’s warm enough for a little coffee run. Cupholder test! ☕️
Nah it’s not broken but it’s sandwiched in the garage, watch the first video where I show why it’s not coming out until spring
I've never seen someone smile so much when taking in a German luxury vehicle in for repairs. For most of us, I'd liken this experience with attending a funeral.
RIP
Subbed! Btw the prices for the repairs are ok, except the alignment for 225$!?! WTH, i do an alignment on my cars every year and it cost me around 100$! (I'm in Canada also)
It took a long time. We had to mess with the ride height settings on the computer for a while to get it to where I wanted it
Only thing I say is be careful not to edit it all together so tightly. It ends up being a full video of fast talking every single second and can be harder to listen to without breaks.
Where did you buy the blower motor?
Hey i'm Chris from Germany. I drive a 2005 CLS500 also with Air Suspension. Where can i get this module to lower the car?
Video needed of a paint protection/ correction etc. Need this bad boy to shine!
Already did it last year. It’s ceramic coated. I only wash it touchless in the winter so it’s the dirty daily
@@itsreallyjakubWhere would you recommend getting the ceramic coating done? We live in Oakville, sounds like you might not be too far from us. Any recommendations?
@@Simply_GenX reach out to Exotic Detail Auto Spa on Instagram. He probably has a real website too lol. He’s mobile, will come to you. Very reasonable prices. He did my E55 at my house. Tell him I sent you 👍
I am a huge DIY guy. For 4,000 dollars Canadian, that is not bad at all. I would rather have the shop do it. Especially with their expertise and diagnostic tool.
Finally someone who gets it
I hope you replaced the intake filter for the compressor while you were there.
Correct
There are a lot of JDM cars for sale in Vancouver. I always wonder if the odometer readings are accurate. They’re invariably far far lower than a Canadian car of the same type.
Most of the JDM cars are RHD. I have seen a few JDM Mercedes that are left hand drive. I wonder how that works? Japan is so strict about cars, yet they allow a new car with the driver on the wrong side?
High end cars like Mercedes, owners can choose LHD or RHD. This is high mileage for a JDM car, not worried about a roll back lol
@@itsreallyjakubAccurate odometer readings can be thousands of dollars difference, at least in the US.
What’s the name for the lowering module pls!!!!!
Yeah pretty much these Mercedes that is the thing that you need to look out for is the suspension Air System going out. You can do a Air suspension Delete but it will cost about 1500 plus labor so its the same dam thing. Might as well just keep it Airbagged
Exactly! And this should last another 180k
The greatest car ever made. Mercedes E55 AMG Wagon
Couldn't agree more!
I just love that wagon!!! I purchased a 01 Saab 95 wagon last year...of course not in the same class as the Merc but it's a fun toy. Love the content!!!
Wagooooooooons
All the Parts ( Original Wabco Compressor is around 350€)
Air Struts ( A complete Set is 300-400€)
I would do the repair myself, but a Workshop should charge maximum 500€/600$ for this Job.
Man what a RipOff
Greetings from Germany :)
You’d be surprised how much parts cost here based on your estimates
I knowwwww that's coming on my W211 E350 wagon too. Just rear air but debating going to springs...thoughts?
I like factory air. Considering how long the original bags lasted, I’m sticking with it
Word. I’ll start saving. Cut to: making coffee at home, walking my kids to school, Facebook marketplace-ing my old cameras.
How is this car an import from Japan and still left-hand drive? Also some vehicle electrical systems do not play well with Li-Ion batteries.
Because it’s a Mercedes
Just curious why the alignment cost $240? I usually pay about 140 not counting a coupon and it’s the same method with the laser disc that they put on the hubs and everything
We had to dial in the ride height with the computer. Took time to get it exactly where I wanted it
EHHHH I used Arnotts in my 2013 A8 when the rear bags went!
Nothing but good things to say so far
Wouldn’t the AGB alter the weight distribution/balance on the left side?
I use this car to take my son to daycare and go get groceries. I’ll be ok haha
I didn’t even realize you were that close to us. We live in Oakville and store our tires with European Automotive. Thinking of using them for all our car maintenance going forward. How do you find their pricing vs maintenance with the dealer? We have an Audi Q5 and Alfa Romeo Stelvio. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!!
They will be way cheaper than a dealer that’s for sure. They have access to aftermarket parts rather than OEM to save some money or upgrade, but can also get OEM parts if you want. Highly recommend them
Coil overs is the way to go. I hate air suspension.
Where do I can get the air module?
could you please link the suspension module ? thank you in advance!!
Lomo m1
Repair cost seems to be in line with market rates. I have a 2008 TL Type-S which Ive owned for 12 yrs and lately making me spend this kinda numbers timing belt, water pump and fuel pump all in 3800 and now have to replace the valve cover gasket and another seal 950. Joy of owning an older car, we bitch about the repairs and then soon forget all about it.
Acura’s are supposed to be reliable, what the heck!!! Haha jk, that makes sense. Every older car takes maintenance but I think it’s worth it over buying anything new
my father replaced the suspension with adjustable springs and use an adapter to tell the cpu it's running normal , it's cheaper and rides better imo