[Jayare]

Kevin,

Does EPC show the parts as applicable when you don't use your VIN? I recently solved a problem on my S500 and EPC said the part didn't exist on my car. Went to the dealer, EPC said the part didn't exist on my car. Pulled the steering wheel and replaced the non-existant part, problem solved...

 

[Jayare]

Hey Jim....you mean just go into EPC and do it by my yr and model # alone....or are you talking about doing it for an earlier yr? It's great if you pull a part and it has a p/n on it, but that won't help with accumulator springs. So how to your get the steering wheel part...was there a p/n on it?

Sometimes the same parts are listed in earlier yrs and they just quit listing them later on...that's tricky though because the 'unit' has to remain pretty much unchanged. I would think in the case of the 4-sp tranny, that wouldn't be an issue....although it shows the 4matic tranny unit as a separate subgroup....

Kevin

On the S500, the steering angle sensor that EPC said wasn't in the car had the PN clearly on a large adhesive label. The exact number on the part that would identify when I didn't use my VIN in EPC. Just model, year etc did the trick.

Jim