Front Suspension Strut Problems of Mercedes Benz S430

My wife was driving our mercedes 2001 S430 and the front suspension dropped all of a sudden on a back road in the middle of nowhere. First it had dropped so low it prevented steering and was difficult to put vehicle on the shoulder without damaging car. Then we had three towing companies which would not tow the vehicle because of liability to front end damage. I changed the relay through research and was able to get it up enough to be towed. Take into consideration this was taken four days to execute. Then I have never been so happy to have a vehicle towed in my life. Then by that time I new the strut tops have been an ongoing issue with the w220 mb. I had conveyed that to the newmarket, ontario. Canada dealership. But they still had to do diagnostics and for that fee they came up with replacing the front top struts. Which they have a new rebuild kit for. The total so far 760. 00 then they call me back and they could not adjust the level and had to diagnose that. Another charge and ended up with a corroded wire. Out the door boxing day 1290. 00. Two weeks later same problem. They had told me it was common for the suspension to drop in cold weather. And it has been a problem on and off since then. I am afraid to take this in but I am even more afraid to have this happen at 120km hr.

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