Category: Mercedes R-Class Forum

Hello forum community, I hope I can be helped here. With my vehicle there is no more power available. This is as if the automatic transmission always stops in a gear or immediately switches through completely. Thus the car no longer pulls at low speed. If I switch with the pedals on the steering wheel, then it has power. But on automatic nothing works. What can be the cause here. It burned recently the engine control light. Measuring device recognized no error, light has been reset. Error display so zero. Thanks in advance greetings

Hello, since my two axle cuffs are broken at the front of the wheel and I wanted to change them the days. Is there anything to consider or tips and tricks you should know about the four wheel, with feathers in front? Does someone have a good guide or a video? But I think that the W164 is equal to the W251. I found some videos on YT. But if someone still has an important tip or trick, I am always grateful. Thanks

Good day together, I changed the lock of my tailgate today, which is however manual i.e. only with softclose, that is nice, but I noticed the red switch on my tailgate. After turning off the panel I could see that the red switch is connected with an electric cable, the switch however cannot be pressed, that is clear to me, because it is not an electric tailgate. Now to my question: if already switches and electric cables are available anyway And if so, what else do I need to be able to upgrade the tailgate, or can you do it yourself and how? Best regards and I am very grateful to you. Thank you.

Hello together maybe someone can help me I am in despair. I bought a R 320, long wheelbase in December, 2009. The car has a complete service booklet of Mercedes and about 129,000 km on the speedo. Since it was also only a pure summer car, I thought I can do nothing wrong and paid more than it is in the course of private. Immediately after the purchase, the disillusionment… I noticed that with more acceleration up to about 60 km/h a lukewarm It is usually not a problem to speed up directly from the position, it is in motion and you latched into the gas the problem is there. The knocking now begins felt under the middle armrest and goes after the feeling, to the rear. No matter in which gear the car is located 1,2,3,4 – if you give strong gas, when it is in motion, it seems as if there is a dwarf sitting under the car knocking with the hammer from below. There is no problem if you are comfortable with gas. Overtaking manoeuvres 60 km/h plus with kick down no problem. According to the advice of the Arbö screwdriver, I am to Mercedes. There, after a short test drive, the suspicion of a broken distribution gearbox came. For the test, oil was drained from the distribution gearbox…. totally burned. After Mercedes only changes original parts and costs the gearbox without installation 6000 €, I am in a free workshop. The transmission was completely restored by a transmission specialist including chain change. With full Europhie we went to the test drive – great disappointment – the ratter and knock is still there. We then drained the oil from the front and rear differential…. As good as new. We got the rubber bearings from the distribution gear to the cardan shaft. Seen…. OK. Next step would be to dismantle the rear cardan shaft and then make a test drive again, Bzw afterwards the front. Has someone ever had such a problem or experience with it or can give me a tip. THANK YOU LG Mike

Hello, unfortunately I found nothing in the R-class forum about changing air filters, except that it seems to be a bit complicated. Is there a guide on how to change the air filter, and whether the R-Class also has an activated carbon filter or an interior filter, and if so where it sits and how to change it. I would be very pleased about an answer. Many say hello to Uwe Ps: it’s about an R-Class 320CDI 4matic, Built 02/08

Good day, please excuse the perhaps naive question. I have come from the Audi warehouse and have now driven a R class 320 cdi with 7g gearbox to the test. Unfortunately, the car had short but multiple performance problems during the acceleration from the partial load range. Specifically, the partial load resulted from the acceleration at the end of the location massive tension interruptions, the R has really pushed violently. In the second cycle between massive delay and acceleration. This scenario was reproduced twice at the end of the following villages. However, the R managed several accelerations out of the stand without any problems afterwards. NUCLEAR QUESTIONS: DOES THE 7G IN C AND OR S MODUS NOT SELF-EMPLOYED, WHEN THE PADEL ON THE LENKRAD BE USED FOR MANUFACTURING? The gearbox as a cause of damage can be ruled out with high certainty, since the Wan and the oil was changed completely and the seller does not know the problem according to his own description. I just want to exclude an operating error, because I rejected the car, which I really would like to have, last night! Thanks for your short answer 🙂

yesterday I visited a r in the short version – a 6 seater. I was very surprised how little space the vehicle had. yes, it was the short version – and I am only 1.90 m tall – but nobody can sit behind me in the vehicle, except a child maybe. also the headroom was sufficient, but not overwhelming. when I folded the back flap, the opening didn’t appear very large, and the flap didn’t open very high either. stupidly, I had myself then put in a w164… I got into a lot of thinking – the w251 seems to me except the sitting position opposite my old 15 years s210 in terms of the space to offer little more space, except perhaps in the height… are there changers from s210 here who can correct my perception?(also, the loss of value surprised me a little, but that’s probably another topic…)

Hi and good morning, as my passion for exotics is getting higher waves and I am looking for a comfortable long-distance car with lots of space and good seats (two-time intervertebral disc incident!), I noticed the R-Class in the last few days. To choose from a 2008 model year in long version with the 350 petrol (I hate diesel!). What must be considered fundamentally with this model? What about the rust susceptibility (relative to the ML series). Technical reliability? in conjunction with the 7-speed automatic drive? Would I be very happy about tips! Martin

Good evening, with me suddenly appears in the display, after the light has been turned on, the message “curve light without function” (curve light in that sense he does not believe at all, but only this bending light over the fog lamp) and “Abblend light to the right”. The dipped light on the right side is, when the message comes, also failed. Sometimes it takes a little longer until the light fails and the message comes (always both messages together), sometimes immediately after the Turn on. Left works without problems. Now my question, is there a certain control unit that controls the lighting only on the right side and that may have a bump away? Greetings, Ben

Hello together, I’m just thinking about whether an R-Class in Lang is the new suitable used car for me (see us). For 5 people (children’s seats !) an A6 Avant is sometimes a bit borderline …. I looked at the R-Class in the NL and I liked it quite well. When I looked at the used market, I noticed a few things. The 5+2 version in Lang is not so often available. Usually the vehicles 4+2 are equipped. 2nd row at all useful use – with child seat or by an adult – or can one confidently do without the seat and so the number of available used vehicles “increase” ? I imagine it dangerous and uncomfortable with 5 people and a 4+1 seat loaded e.g. to drive on vacation. Or can one the 3rd row only completely fold ? I have read that one can upgrade (usually only very expensive) the 5th seat. Expensive because of the reinforcement of the brake system. nn the car is pre-fitted for the 5th OR if it owns the AIRMATIC. Can this be confirmed with the Airmatic someone? Are there cheap and reliable ways to get to this middle seat? I looked at ads with EZ from 2007 because I don’t want to have an old car. Sometime in 2007 came the MOPF. Should an R-Class that I buy be built after the model Plfege or is there a production date up to which the R-Class has known defects? I have read somewhere that MB sells converted vehicles to free dealers, the fear of getting 30k€ of expensive scrap is of course great. Is your idea of selling cars from free dealers, some of which have already 150tkm-220tkm in 2-4 years. Do you have to distance yourself from such vehicles from the best or what is your experience? Why are many vehicles after 3 years with free dealers and not with the NL as I would expect for example with leasing backrunners? en or tips ? best thanks in advance Tim