wear

does my 87 300e not have rear brake sensors? i was looking through parts because im going to change my brakes soon, but i don't see a rear brake sensor

Hi All, I’m just about to go for the 300/24 sportline I’ve been looking at. The wear to the bolster is high (I think) for a vehicle with 90 k miles, but probably means nothing more than the driver was either large, or elderly, or clumsy, or short, or overweight – elementary, my Dear...

Tonight my brake pad warning light came on but I've checked all four pads and they all look about 5-6mm. Any tips or thoughts?? Cheers guys!

Yes, that's right! The Alcantara parts on my steering wheel started to 'bobble' in places and was getting a little ruche'd up in a couple of other places. Not good when the steering when was part of a £3k+ performance pack. And no...I don't have sweaty hands ;) My local dealer got a...

I've had my W210 1999 estate for about 6 months now. It is the first rear wheel driven car I have owned and I would just be interested to know how to expect the tyres to wear. Will the fronts or the rears likely wear faster? I drive a mix of roads: motorway / town / country roads. I...

Noticed I'm getting poor tyre wear on the outer and inner shoulders on both front tyres (Contis on my '05, C270CDi A/Garde estate). Classic symptoms tell me its under-inflation, but checking and double checking my pressures tells me I'm at manufacturers recommendations :confused: Anyone had...

hi, I have a malfunction light that comes on the dash, brake lining wear - i had the pads checked and they are fine..... The light used to come on now and again but now its everytime i turn the engine on. Any ideas on how to get this resolved? thanks

Our ML seems to like having it's brakes overhauled in July-ish every other year, and it seems this year is no exception... ...a matter of hours before we set off on our 1,000 mile round trip caravan holiday - towing a heavy twin axle - the brake wear warning light lit up!! :doh: Whilst...

This is on the C220 Sports Coupe I have Michelins on all four corners - good tyres (but quite expensive) on 17's Rears are around the 5mm mark Front are now at 3mm (poss just below) This being my first RWD car I thought the rears would wear more, being the driven axle, but the front...

Hi Does anybody have the dimensions for the front tyre camber My tyre fitter has the machine but not dimensions for the Mercedes Thanks in anticipation Hywel

A little competition of sorts. Just got around to measuing my front brake pads - 8 or 9mm left. So how many miles do you think they've done?

Hi All, I have a malfunction on the dash "brake lining wear" is there any way of telling if this is the front or rear without removing all pads? I take it i need new pads not disc's?? thanks

My W211 steering wheel is starting to show signs of wear. It's an 04 plate and has 70k on the clock. The grey leather is wearing away and the yellowish colour underneath (the original leather colour?) is now showing through. Is this happening to anyone else? I'm still covered by a...

Is this the worst tyre wear rate you have ever seen? I put two new Falken 452s on the rear of the car on April 20th this year with the car having covered 69682 miles. Yesterday July 8 they were worn to the markers at 73157 miles. :crazy: That’s 3475 miles or 79 days. I’m trying Dunlop SP Sport...

Hi I was wondering if the technical experts could answer a question for me before I approach the fitter on Monday. I appreciate it is not a Mercedes related problem - but I think more a "generic" one. My wife's Honda CR-V in February had a grinding noise from the rear so I took it in to the...

hi all i have an audi A8 (sorry) that has done 19k from new, has dunlop tyres 245.40.18. Noticed a slow puncture so took it along to quick fit who called about an hour later to say you need 4 new tyres!! :mad: Have to say did not believe them so went round and had a look. Was shocked, the...

Hi All, I have just had new front tyres but now realise that the car needs specialist equipment to set up the geometry (not just tracking) and the nice chap at Wheels in Motion advises me that the camber angle is probably out as the tyre wear is severe right at the inside edges. Anyone know...

Hi My 380slc failed its MoT because of play in this steering component - I think the part may be called the slide bearing from doing a bit of trawling the service CD but am not sure? Does anyone have any ideas of what it's called and where I can get a new one or service kit? Also, any ideas...

Hi All, I'm looking from some advice from the forum having just joined. I'm in the process of looking to buy either a CL 500 or CL 55 Supercharged and have viewed 5 cars so far covering the 2002/2003 model years so does include 3 face lift models, one of which was a CL55 Supercharged. So far...

Hi, I brought my A-Class from MB last August at 9 months old with about 7k on the clock. It's now done just over 15,000 and the brake wear warning has come up on the screen. This seems to be very early for the brakes to wear. I know it's not my driving style as all my other cars have always...