Well, just an update. It's been over a month now and I haven't had a reccurance of the ASR problem since "rebooting". I am definitely leaning towards a power problem and for this reason: I am doing a full Leatherique restoration front and rear and had all the doors open (and the resulting courtesy lights were on) for a lot of hours over the 4th holiday, as well as the radio for entertainment. Afterwards I noticed the door closures weren't working again as well as various speakers. I rebooted again and all is well with those functions. I strongly suggest to anyone experiencing a very intermittant (or first) ASR problem to try this. I know it isn't technical or "in the books", but it sure works for me.....and a lot cheaper than throwing parts at a problem that you don't know a real reason for. A consistant ASR problem is a different thing altogether.

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1996 SL320 97K miles
1996 C220 130k miles
1992 500SEL 170k miles <---sold
1986 300E 216k miles <---sold