So the early MLs don’t care about taillight/brake light connections, correct? That would be a 163, right?
-D > On May 14, 2019, at 10:03 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I put a Curt hitch on the W164 for a bike rack. it mounted to the factory > points. To hook in lights and to make the nannies happy you need a $2k > controller. Factory tow package has all that so if you want to tow you should > get one with that. > > This 163 I have has a hitch and light connector, I don’t think it has caring > nannies. > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > >> On May 14, 2019, at 9:37 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 14, 2019 at 6:11 PM fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> General rule - any vehicle can safely tow its own mass plus a >>> bit. With trailer brakes - even more. Will the nannies scream >>> while you do it? I don't know. >> >> I believe Rich said something about turning off the nannies in a later model >> W164 at a non trivial cost. >> >> My W163, a 2003 ML350, has ESP and 4Matic but it doesn't care if I'm towing >> a 2900lb car on a 400lb dolly. Within a week of buying it, I drove it to >> Cleveland to pick up a Cruze. The only issues were the usual ones involving >> trying to get to Cleveland on rough roads with a bouncing empty dolly behind >> me. It's rated for 5000lb, but wears a class II Curt hitch rated at 3500lb. >> The hitch looks as solid as the 5000lb Draw-Tite version to me, but the >> Draw-Tite comes with two pieces of steel angle to reinforce the ML's frame. >> I don't know if MLs with factory towing package come with those >> reinforcements or not. I'd tow the W140 with the ML and not worry about >> ripping the rear crossmember off the ML's chassis. I've only towed Cruzes, >> but I would tow a 210 or 140 if the need arose. >> >> Mitch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
