A friend has an ML. Not sure what year but it seems to spend a lot of
time being repaired.
Randy
On 17/11/2011 9:28 PM, OK Don wrote:
The 2001 ML has 4matic, and it works great. It has the three diffs and
braking. The 2002 and later are supposed to have a better traction control
system - that doesn't eat brake pads if you live in slippery areas. This
car goes anywhere on ice, snow, etc., however, it doesn't stop any better
than anything else. It also only gets an average of 21mpg. Burning premium.
It does seem to be the bargin of the 21st. century MBs, as it has a
reputation of high failure rates. Mine had most everything replaced by the
PO before I bought it. The basic drive train seems solid, it's the
accessories and fancy stuff that dies.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Randy Bennell<rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:
On 17/11/2011 12:14 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
I don't know which years we are talking about, but the early 4matics were
very good when they were working and very expensive to fix when they quit
working, which was often.
The later ones are much simpler and more reliable, I think with three
open differentials. I hope the system can apply brakes as needed, otherwise
a 3 diff car can get stuck if any one of the wheels is on ice. All the
W210s are the reliable sort AFAIK. I sent a local (to me) ad for a E320
4matic to the list in a while back, I think it was $4k for a 125,000 mile
car.
Mitch.
I would think that traction control would be a function of the ABS system
which all of the later model cars must have?
Randy
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