Went over a speed bump in London in my CLK Cab the other day, a bit too quickly for the suspension. There was a bit of a clunk and the rear head rests popped up in their role as roll bars. Thought nothing further of it, happy that the roll bar mechanism was successfully tested...
I was just going to wait for the end of the holiday period to drive to my usual Merc garage to have the head rests reset (the raise/lower switch is deactivated in such circumstances).
A couple of days later I noticed a pretty massive oil leak... After driving a few miles over a couple of days, using maybe 5/6 litres of oil and leaving puddles in several places, I finally made a connection between the bump and the leak.
Had the car taken away on a flat-bed, just in case.
Yesterday's diagnosis: cracked sump. Three hundred-and-something quid plus
17.5% VAT. Lot of money but not worth claiming on the insurance.If I could recall where it happened I would consider suing the local authority.
Grrrrr.
Would not have happened in our 190E, with which I can drive over most bumps at 25 mph.
Grrrrrrrr. Just venting...
Anybody had a similar experience? Can we start a mutual-commiseration-and-moaning-about-stupid-speed-bumps society?
DAS