I recently purchased a 2000 E320 with 69k on it. I drove it off the lot with the SRS lit thinking "who needs airbags anyway" and with the assurance of the salesmen that it "was no big deal".

Anyway I took it into a highly recommended independent Mercedes/European car mechanic and he ran the diagnostics on the car.

Turns out their were 10 code faults all having to do with the SRS and all seeming to say something about either open/shorts or bad grounds and the like.

The mechanic went over the entire car thinking it must have been in a collision or something and said that other than the light and perhaps some new front break pads the car appeared to be in excelent shape. He said he could find no evidence of body damage etc.

I also had gone over the car very thoroughly looking for damage and could find none.

So my question is what is the likely hood of all the airbags beeing bad? Isnt it more likely the 10 code faults are due to a bad control module or something like that? The mechanic said if I had to replace all the airbags it would be 14k and that I should take it to a dealer.

Other than this bloody SRS light the car appears to be in great shape and drives well so Id like to keep the thing but on the other hand I dont want the airbags exploding an us either.

Anybody have tips on how I should proceed. Can I replace the control module myself?

thanks