Repair-It

It hasn't happened again. Would be nice to catch it in the act but I may still just do both rear wheel speed sensors at next oil change.

That thing I said. I guess it's one of the rears. Could just do both.

31,000 miles later, BAM, ABS inop. 20250709_064357.jpg Near 100% chance this is a wheel speed sensor which is supposed to be a common issue on the W221. So I'll put this here. I will scan next opportunity. https://www.fcpeuro.com/Mercedes~Benz-parts/S550/ABS-Wheel-Speed-Sensor/?keywords=Abs&year...

I would recommend: - making sure those are correct. I didn't read the description but I don't really trust FCP euro's catalog either and you can't go by visual - price out OEM - Replace all of them unless one is really expensive and that one also feels totally fine. It should feel smooth and make ze...

The online catalog isn't good in general. I use my offline copy of EPC (electronic parts catalog).

Holy crap, it has Distronic.

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Pretty well equipped. Including backup camera. Probably worth snapping it up if you can get it for like $12k or whatever. Or even $12,500.

Turns out the steering wheel was still off a small amount. Center was slightly to the left. So I decided to check via scan tool since the car constantly tries to find center to provide a compensation offset for the steering angle. Rather than lug out the Xentry laptop, I decided to try the Launch x4...

Now the car as at the dealer for alignment but I also asked them to quote me to replace these bushings. Again, I spent a day on it, so I put in a fair effort already. We'll see what the dealer says. It's too bad because maybe this could have been avoided if I just spent the extra money to get the O...

Ended up sort of impulse buying a CarPlay/Android Auto module for the S550. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807142775592.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.2.288e2659dECtvm&algo_pvid=1fe4f493-086b-4543-bf96-854e1be102d1&algo_exp_id=1fe4f493-086b-4543-bf96-854e1be102d1-1&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22o...

Saving this. Add CarPlay and Android Auto to the Malibu. This MIGHT be the only product on the market that doesn't require complete screen replacement. Still, it says 4-5 hour fairly involved install with soldering required. Plus extra work to integrate with the factory mic so I assess that every Me...