Change this change that, replace this, replace that. New this, new that.lol
It seems some thing goes wrong every month or so but i love my ride and honestly it runs a lot better after all the mods and gadgets I put into it. Some parts are regular service parts but some are just for my own enjoyment. Hey Life is Short so live it Well.
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Vehicle: 2002 ML 500, 1994 Ford Explorer donated to Doctors without Borders
Location: Boston, MA
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I agree. I have noticed that each time I repair or perform maintenance on something, I go for "better" parts. I'm also considering pulling the fuse on every sensor in the vehicle.
I agree. I have noticed that each time I repair or perform maintenance on something, I go for "better" parts. I'm also considering pulling the fuse on every sensor in the vehicle.
Hi Bogie,
Please explain the fuse thing to me.
Thanks
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Vehicle: 2002 ML 500, 1994 Ford Explorer donated to Doctors without Borders
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 2,037
Hi Wolf,
I wish I could pull the fuses. I have notice that the engine and transmission are so incredibly smooth and powerful, but I have had several sensors to malfunction since I've had the ML. The problem is that some of them have the authority to impact major systems that are not malfunctioning. Like the $13 brake switch that cause my brakes to fully engage because it thought that I was spinning out of control while making a left turn (that was scary!).
It was cheap to fix, but only because I wasn't T-boned when it happened. It's one thing to have a sensor go off because it's doing its job and something is wrong, but it's another to cause a critical system failure because the bad sensor reads a fault. I'm surprised that there isn't a wind noise sensor that causes the brakes and steering to lock up while cruising at 90mph.
I love my ML, I really do. But each time something goes, wrong, I'm pissed... until it's fixed... then I have the erie feeling, hoping nothing else will go wrong.
I hear you Bogie.
I have the same feeling every time I drive the ML and. It seems I always waiting for something else to go wrong. I don't know what happened with MB? I grew up with them, knew a lot of people who drove exclusively Mercedes and most of my neighbors worked in the Sindelfingen factory. They would have been perfectly happy living inside the factory and what anal bastards they where.
The reputation was, that when your car body disintegrated after a million miles, you just bolted the wheels to the engine and transmission and drove another million miles, figuratively speaking.
I had a 220S, a 200D, 300D, 230 in Germany. I didn't even know the mileage because the odometer turned over so many times. I did no maintenance on the first two whatsoever because I didn't have a lot of money. On the 220 and the 200 I forgot to add enough cooling fluid and the water froze solid in both during a winter storm. I just waited until it got a bit warmer started the car, no leaks, nothing broken and drove them until they fell apart on me years later. The only issue I had on the 230 was a rusted fender, basic oil change and drove that puppy for years with no problem.
I come to the US and bought a 300TD, oh my god what a piece of poop. Everything that could break broke, steering box, starter, vacuum stuff, interior falling off, dash board noisy, switches breaking, engine using oil like crazy..and so on.
The same happened when I bought my 911 Carrera 5 years ago, I completely lost faith in “German engineering”. Anything that could break broke. Maybe I'm getting paranoid but 'm wondering if they do some “adjustment” or whatever you call it when they sell these cars in the US.
My next door neighbor in Germany was one of the test engineers for Porsche in Weissach and over the weekend he always brought the newest Porsche home and we always took them for a spin, Autobahn and the wonderful country roads over there. Man what a trip. The car felt like it has a vacuum pump underneath, sucking it to the street.
Here in the US, the 911 drove like crap. New Pirelli's, new Bilstein's, new alignment, new Sachs clutch and it felt like a Peugeot I once owned. 70Mph on a large on-ramp was a challenge, the car never felt stable and every Golf GTI left me in the dust, no it was not a salvage or accident car or badly maintained.
With the ML, we know that they are build in the US, which brings me to two thoughts I have. No offense!
My ex father in law was one of the engineers for the MD 80 down on Long Beach. Since then, every time I have to fly in that equipment I want to throw up. This guy wouldn't find his way home if you would put him right in front of his house and his wife had to turn on the light switch because so he wouldn't stagger around in the dark. He also was an avid pilot (god save us all) and the only time I flew with him I lost 20 pounds. That guy needed 40 minutes to do a run-up on a Cessna 172 and I think he was completely surprised that it took him upwards after he finally took off.
My buddy in Germany is a Captain for Lufthansa and he told me that whenever they receive a new plane from Boeing, the almost rip the whole plane apart before they put it in service because of all the wiring and other problems they constantly discovering. Makes you think doesn't it?
Now I'm done with my rant. I feel better now. Haaaaaaa
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