| New ML550 Owner with some questions
First I must say I love the truck. The engine is fabulous with tons of power. this is my first Mercedes so it will take a while to get used to all the do-dads especially since my other car is a Dodge Viper.
I do have some questions and comments i hope some of you can help me out with.
1. The transimission seems very smooth and quiet. What I have noticed however is its eagerness to jump to the next gear, particularly at slower highway speeds and low rpms. The combination of higher gear and the lower rpm make throttling the truck from there nearly impossible without getting it to downshift. Is this standard? I assume the transmssion is always trying to maximize fuel economy.
Also I noticed that the transmission is very quick to shift to second from throttling from a dead stop. Furthermore whenever I give it s bit more throttle rather than the normal "touch the gas and go" it seems like the transmission gets confused causing the gear change from first to second to become sloppy and the car bucks and hesitates a bit. If I give the car anthing past quarter throttle it holds first gear a bit longer and the shift from 1st to second is smooth again. Anyone notice this also? Is there a problem with the transmission?
2. My passenger side seat has an annoying creak when either accelerating or braking. I can move the seat and it goes away for a bit but it always seems to come back. Again have others had this problem? Will the dealer fix this?
3. Ipod kit. I ordered the car with the ipod kit which is useful. I did notice a bit of a decrease in volume as compared to the radio which is not too big of a deal. I will try that change to the service software I recently read about. A problem i do have however is it cuts out intermitantly. It sounds like there is a wire loose the and getting a signal intermitantly. However there are times when it is fine for a long period of time. Is this something that anyone else has noticed? Is it a loose connection of some sort?
Despite these nuisances, i love the truck and excited to put some miles on it and putting the pedal to the ground...
Tom |