Hi folks,
My daughter's 2006 ML350 is mostly a good car, but it's got a number of annoying issues:
1. Shows left fog light out, but fog light actually works, and both of them are on even when the headlights are set to Auto.
2. Left low beam intermittently flickers a few times and then goes out when first switched on. Usually it works after a couple of tries, or may come back on by itself. These seem to be the lamps that automatically align themselves. HID?
I'm thinking 1 and 2 may both be signs of a bad front SAM?
3. Evap leak CEL, check gas cap. Does the gas cap ever fix this? Or is it more likely to be the valve that's located in the RR wheel well?
4. RF door lock bounces on lock. I replaced the little spring, but the original one was not broken. While I had the door apart, the mechanism worked fine. Once I had it back together it was bouncing again. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes it bounces but still locks. Usually it bounces and doesn't lock.
5. The odometer usually just reads dashes, but will very rarely show the mileage (133XXX miles). The dealer says it needs a new cluster ($1500). Speedo Solutions says it wasn't programmed correctly and needs to be reset ($200) and reprogrammed to the car ($???). Anybody had this done before? Any advice on it?
Thanks in advance for help and advice.
Paul
My daughter's 2006 ML350 is mostly a good car, but it's got a number of annoying issues:
1. Shows left fog light out, but fog light actually works, and both of them are on even when the headlights are set to Auto.
2. Left low beam intermittently flickers a few times and then goes out when first switched on. Usually it works after a couple of tries, or may come back on by itself. These seem to be the lamps that automatically align themselves. HID?
I'm thinking 1 and 2 may both be signs of a bad front SAM?
3. Evap leak CEL, check gas cap. Does the gas cap ever fix this? Or is it more likely to be the valve that's located in the RR wheel well?
4. RF door lock bounces on lock. I replaced the little spring, but the original one was not broken. While I had the door apart, the mechanism worked fine. Once I had it back together it was bouncing again. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes it bounces but still locks. Usually it bounces and doesn't lock.
5. The odometer usually just reads dashes, but will very rarely show the mileage (133XXX miles). The dealer says it needs a new cluster ($1500). Speedo Solutions says it wasn't programmed correctly and needs to be reset ($200) and reprogrammed to the car ($???). Anybody had this done before? Any advice on it?
Thanks in advance for help and advice.
Paul
