I heard about ML's putting it into low range for the first time ever and it messing up the truck, any more info on this, I have a earlier model ML430 so whats the deal with this?
There is a servo used to shift the gears in the transfer case. If that mechanism hasn’t been exercised, it could seize. The best-case scenario in such a failure is that it’s already seized and pressing the Lo-Range button (while in neutral, of course) will result in a blinking light, then no light because the gears fail to move. The worst thing that could happen is that the gears move part of the way, then they seize in which case you are stuck until you get it repaired. You could also experience a failure where you get into Lo-range and then it fails and won’t return to normal gearing, but in that case you could still drive. The best advice is to exercise the system about once a week by switching in and out of Lo-range a few times. Better yet, exercise the whole truck with a little Lo-range off-road driving :-)
- RODNEY
No problem excercising the LOW RANGE here ... LOL
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I took my ML to the Sequoia national park last winter. Obviously there was snow everywhere. All sort of SUVs were stuck in the snow even with the snow chains on. There was one part of the road where an actual forest service truck was stuck in the snow even though he had chains on. My ML never had any problems. I never even put any chains on during the entire trip. My girl friend was amazed at ML capability in the snow. She said that she never felt so safe in a car before.
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