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| early morning trip, wheel sensor? So I get a call last night from a guy that has a gear vendors over drive kit... long story short I told him I would take it... So I got early this morning and headed out on my little trip. I covered 325 miles round trip. One part of the road was a nice two lane. about 45 miles one way up the mountain i noticed the G gets a lovely 8.9 mpg at 48 mph  .... I passed over elevation of 3,000 in fog so thick you could not see 10 feet in front of the car, ( got to love that rear fog light!!) then the snow started.... had a nice drive and only scared my self a few time in the sharp turns with cliffs on the side that god only know how far the drop was. I passed by a place motel that looked like they filem porn there or it could be used for a horror moving with a big sign that said welcome to lovers leap… I stopped twice, once to get directions to see if there was a way back out of this town with out taking the mountain.. While there I was ask twice what the heck that thing is im driving. One lady about 85 years old said it was the ugliest “van” she has ever seen( picture where’s the beef lady from the early 90’s tv commercial) Then when I got back onto I-77 I stopped for fuel at $3.01 a gallon. While filling up with a old pump handle that has no automatic hold feature so im starting to smell like the inside of my gas tank, not to mention no rubber thingee or stopper so when the tanks full it just pours out on your feet.. two men said “ A son what the hick kid of jeep that is”. I said its not a jeep it’s a Mercedes. There reply was “bull xxxx, Mercedes makes them dare high dollar vehick-ulars ( think vehicles but drop the LES and Binoculars but drop the BINOC ) that ait no one can afford but them welloff rich people, Iz tell uins ( pronounced you-in-Z ) what I would do with a car dat cost dat much… I buy me’s a john deer and put hot tub at my trailer… it’s a big one.. 12X40.. got the biggest one in the trailer park… How much one of them cost new? About $18,000. Mean time his friend is popping his teeth back in after he just finished whipping them off with a paper towel out of the box that holds the windshield washer thing… At any rate having covered 90 miles of two lane road some behind rigs at 25 mph i have come to the conclusion I have a bad speed / wheel sensor. While on the mountain I could turn right or left with no esp blinking as long as I was on the break or gas. Once I let up pressure the light is triggered it also does the same thing with the gas but as long as you reapply the throttle the light is fine. If its real quite you can hear a clicking and an errt sound from a computer or something… again this was all at slow speeds and no where even close to turning over or sliding. example.... driving down the road see a turn coming up, You apply the breaks and keep them on about half way threw the turn. You let up on the break pedal and the esp light comes on and puts the brakes on weather you need them or not. During this process you have not changed the steering at all. So any suggestion on how to check this… its noting new. Its done it since 297 mile. But it does not get any better or worse with any size tires or wheels.. also the steering wheel has no effect on it either.. | ||
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| GwagenLover Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Winston Salem, NC USA 27104 Vehicle(s): 2016 G550 & 2016 GLE350 Posts: 473  | RE: early morning trip, wheel sensor? Kerr, I have to say I loved the yarn you spin. Thing of it is, I believe you. and got a huge kick out of the tale. I hate to be the one to break bad news, but I think you are off to a visit to your Mbenz repair shop. I guess you should have traded it last week before this happened. I was talking to a ford salesman last week at a local Burger King during lunch time. He told me that the Ford shop guys are getting $90/hour for the labor. A friend had a Ford F250 that the horn would not work. We could feel the click of the relay, but could not locate it. Come to find out, Ford imbeded the relay in the fuse block. Cost $500 plus 2 hours labor to fix it. I guess we are being taken to the proverbial cleaners. Last time I asked, the Benz guys were at $88/Hr. That sensor will ending up costing you a bunch of $$$$ Shucks Kerr, it will only hurt a little bit, but look at it like this, you can just write it off as a business expense. I know I would if I could.  I guess you need to put a bike rack on your Gwagen and then you could pedal home after you drop off the G  Just kidding. Some things were just meant to be. | |
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| MarcO Elite Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Irvington, NY Vehicle(s): G 500 SWB, Volvo XC90 V8 Posts: 835 | ||
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