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My W163, ML270, will require new tyres in the next few months, last time i fitted GOODYEARS at a cost of £100 a corner, same tyres now will cost £130 a corner. I will be getting about 16,000 miles out of them, told about normal for car as big and heavy. Now...

I have owned my ML270 for over a year, it has had many problems, which i have fixed, but has never given me any reason to doubt its reliability, until today !!! Driving to work this morning, was going through Camber at 30 MPH, just resting foot on throttle, went to increase speed very slightly...

Heres something. If the roads were permanently wet, meaning really covered in water, would tyres last a lot longer ?

Well, first cold morning of the year and the old merc took a while to reach temperature, it did get there after about 10 miles, 80 degrees and stayed there, so suspect the thermostat has failed over the summer. I went to my local mecc dealers and was shown a thermostat in a Mercedes box, but...

Hi all Well after a sold year of sorting out the issues on the ML, that's between work, fishing, other jobs, I have come up against a problem I cannot do myself. I discovered by accident that at some point in the past a poor body repair has been done, that's not a problem as I can sort out the...

ML270. Bought car with a parktronic fault. A year later, I still have the fault. Front beeps and shows to one red led on left. Connect MB2, states outer left sensor faulty, replaced sensor, still the same, replaced again, still the same. When on MB2, shows that sensor at 225cm, all the rest are...

Not sure if correct part of forum, but here goes. Headlights on ML are not as new as they should be, meaning a bit scratched and dull. I have ordered a headlight cleaning kit to try and sort them out. I am quite handy with things, but have never tried this, my question is..... is it possible to...

Hi all, not sure where to post this. The Ml270 has sprung another surprise on me, in recent warm weather, air con not cold, just cool. It seemed to clear the screen quickly in the winter, so thought all was ok. Am i correct in saying that the system has some sort of pressure switch, which would...

I consider myself to be a fair old school mechanic, meaning i can do most things involving sockets, spanners and screwdrivers, although now at an age that i do not take gearboxes or engines out any more (used to, but not now) Anyway, here goes......... The better half's Mini needed new discs and...

Replaced front and rear discs and pads along with new sensors on wifes Mini Clubman on Saturday, all went well except for three disc retaining screws that i had to drill out. Drove car Saturday and Sunday, all fine, brakes bedding in well, fine for about a 50 mile drive Monday. Went fishing...

when i bought our ML270, it always had a "woooing" sort of noise from the rear, but only when on power, if cruising on light throttle, no noise. I have just done all the brakes, and whilst doing so found that the left rear brake shoes had "come apart", the lining detached from both shoes, i have...

Hi all Now I have sorted out the cars electrical gremlins, it's thrown up something else to keep me busy and poor. When braking, from any speed, I get what I can only discribe as a bumping via the seat and a very slight shake on steering, which does reduces speed reduces. Car stops ok. When I...

Hi All Not going to bother you all with the issues with my ML270, as documented to death on other threads. I cannot have anyone look at the car for a few weeks due to my work and their workload, so, against my better judgement i am going to try and do a leak/drain test on the battery, and need a...

Posting this here as I think I have exhausted those on technical forum bits with my on going saga with my ML270. Quick recap first. About 8 weeks ago problems started, the flap that controls air to windscreen did not, all others fine. Auto electrician had a look and said actuator no good as not...

Hi All. As I have never seen a write up on changing battery, and as I have just done it, thought I would write it up in case it helps someone else. If you have seen my other threads you will know I have had some electronic issues with car, battery was low and condemned, it showed 11.9 volts when...

Story. Defrost to windscreen stopped working, replaced actuator and reset on STAR, all worked as it should for one week, then no air to windscreen again, thought was stuck flap (see other thread) however, now have this state of affairs. Start car in morning, turn heating on, no defrost flap to...

Hi All I say possible, as not looked into anything yet as no time, here's the story... ML has been fine, but i have noticed that during this cold weather of late its taking a time to get up to temperature, so have put a possible thermostat replacement on list of things to do. It still reaches...

Hi all. We have a Samsung led TV, which is about 5 years old, it has suddenly started to shut off, but only on BBC1. I have researched a bit and seems to be a common problem. SO Thinking of getting a new smart TV, we only want about 32 inch, as its not our main entertainment (read into that...

Well, minus 13 this morning, untreated roads, covered in ice and snow. 05.30 on way to work, driving slowly, not using brakes to slow down but gears (in Mini). yet the fools that think they are invincible still flash and over take on back roads. Twice in an hour, first was a delivery driver in...

Ok, heres one for those of you that understand the system. The system works some of the time perfectly, however, it will then do the following.... The near side front indicator shows all yellow and red leds, and beeps, stays like that until switches off when speed increased. When stopping again...