iTIGER

[GLK350 2010]
JANUARY 2015 @ 46K MILES.
FEBRUARY 2015 @48K MILES.
AUGUST 2015 @ 75K MILES.
JANUARY 2016 @ 85K MILES.

HAPPY NEW YEARS ! 2016
hello fellow GLK owners, I haven't been too active on here but I'm here to update my progress with my GLK, for those wondering what my GLK looks like, its a 2010 GLK350 stocked. I'm currently at around 85K miles. I'm getting my wife a new GS 200t so the GLK will be all mines. nothing major besides the maintenance, I got a tune up @ 75K miles.

I will post up pictures of my GLK very soon !
Did you guys ever heard of the mileage award they have with Mercedes?
http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/herita...ghmileageaward
WHAT'S YOUR GLK MILEAGE?
WHO HAS THE GLK WITH THE MOST MILEAGE at the moment?

LesF

Wow lots of questions to answer. I think some more information is required.

What model year is it? Is it a CPO car, does it have an extended warranty? Is it a GLK350 or 250 Bluetec?

My Bluetec gets on average 37-38 on the highway according to the computer but 36-37 calculated mileage at speeds around 70-75. Drive slower and get better MPG.

Make sure no matter who your buying it from you have the complete service history and a Carfax report to document it's history. I know some people don't do all the scheduled maintenance when required.

The 10k mile recommendation is about right but based on your driving style it could be shorter or longer.

My 14GLK bought in April 14 currently has 13K miles on it.

iTIGER

GLK350 2010
it isn't CPO. it was bought at the dealer @20K MILES in 2012 by the previous owner. no warranty on it what so ever.
BluTec is nice ! i would love a diesel engine, too bad there's none available on craiglist. i checked in a lot of different states, hard to find one that is being resold.

rmfnla

Ha, my wife and I are the polar opposite; we have two cars and we average about 5K miles each per year!

Bought our 2011 GLK new, have about 23K on it now and love it.

Enjoy your GLK and welcome to the forum...

NYCGLK

40k should have been major service with tranny flush (make sure it was done). Make sure you do it again when you get to 80-100k miles.

50k is minor service, which is nothing more than an oil change. With lots of highway miles I'd to oil changes every 10-15k miles. You can use blackstone to do oil analysis (25 bucks) and see if there are any bad signs of indication to do more frequent oil changes.

MB recommends coolan flush every 150k miles / 15 years, you might want to do flush more often than that.

Check to make sure transfer case is not leaking, there is TSB for that.

I think GLK will do well, keep us posted.

iTIGER

@NYCGLK
I'll do all the flushes and an oil change as soon as I get the car. So do flushes about every 50k. I think I'm going to do it in intervals of 12.5K because I drive a lot actually.

How do I check if the transfer case is leaking and what is TSB I'm actually getting the car on Tuesday, I'm going to go on a NY trip when I get it. How much would it cost to even fix a transfer case problem what is a transfer case anyways the transmission ?

iTIGER

Awe only 5K per year, that's not that much !
Thanks for the warm welcome

Is there any major differences in the years ?

SmokinReefer

I know this isn't the W166 board, but I bought a new ML last March after waiting two months for my order to arrive. Almost a year in and I'm at only 970 miles. Still smells new inside. My 2010 has over 140K though.....

How about a low mileage thread?

iTIGER

My dad had an ML back in the early 2000's, people always say Honda lasts longer so I'd like to see older Benz. I hate the smell of new car. Chemicals ewww

Your 2010 GLK has 140,000 miles ?

NYCGLK

Technical Service Bulletin is for re-seal of the transfer case, which is part of the tranny. You would have oil spots left on the floor if it was leaking. Just make sure tranny was flushed. It's $400 service, and it's a PITA job better left to dealer or somebody who knows that he is doing.

Seems to be common for AWD benzes (not specific for GLK) to develop a TC leak. From what I read it depends on what sealant was used. Dealer quoted $800 to reseal, an indy who know what he is doing can do it for half that. In my case, dealer was making stuff up and the my TC wasn't really leaking. Just something to keep in mind.

NYCGLK

Those old MLs were POS. Your GLK will last many miles. Mine is almost 6 years old and still looks and feels brand new with 50k on the clock. It's much better built than Lexus/Toyota/Honda imo.

GLK (esp 2010-2011) doesn't really have any "new" technology - pretty old engine from E-class and pretty old tranny used on all other benzes for years.

The only major issue I've read is failed tranny in a few cases, but it seems to happen early on (under 40k miles).

iTIGER

oh okay i see, yeah the dealership always do that, i just yelped the best mercedes mechanic on yelp, i found one that has a lot of good reviews.
i dont have the 4Matic version but is AWD and 4WD the same, its not right AWD is better.

iTIGER

yeah i seen GLK over 120,000 on autotraders.com and cars.com, so im guessing right now the most miles on a GLK that exists is probably around 150,000. i didnt know that the GLK 2010 and 2011 uses old technology, what's new about the 2013-2015 ones? i thought that 2010-2014 is generation 1 and generation 2 starts with 2015?

the benz that im getting is 46K atm, im going to bring it to the shop, see if i need an oil change, get all the fluids flush, etc.

iTIGER

i know you be hotboxxing your car right hahaha

NYCGLK

they revised engine and tranny slightly at some point, I believe it was before the refresh. Wasn't major update.

One benefit of 2010 is you can put tranny in "Sport" and it doesn't reset every time you restart the car. Also no Eco star/stop and other fuel saving engine killing BS technology.

NYCGLK

AWD=4Matic

iTIGER

BS technology ? what's that. i dont understand the that it doesnt reset everytime you start the car neither, haha can you explain.

NYCGLK

I was mostly referring to start/stop function on new GLKs. It saves gas, but not sure what impact is the engine over time.

In regards to the reset. In new GLKs, everything, which is not much, goes to default once the car is restarted. I.e. The tranny is in Comfort by default and goes back to Comfort every time car is restarted (from what I read). On 2010, the tranny is always in the mode that you select. I drive in S, so the tranny is always in S. Why does it matter? In Comfort the tranny starts in 2nd gear (to save fuel), in Sport it starts in 1st.

Btw, the tranny adapts to your driving, and you can control shift points by accelerator input. If you progressively push harder on the accelerator the shift points will raise. If you take it easy it upshifts very quickly. Also, if you double tap accelerator while driving, it will downshift (not always, tho). If you floor the accelerator and then let go, it will hold the RPMs for a few seconds before up shifting and going back to normal.

iTIGER

oh okay i see that, okay thank you so much for explaining. i somewhat understand, gas prices going down by a lot these days so that's good for me.
too bad the GLK is too new doesnt have older models to know if it does well in high mileage. does the GLK uses the same engine as the C class benz?

NYCGLK

same as in any 350 model (C350 /E350 /ML350 ).

Most C classes are C300 with 3 liter engines.

What year are you getting? 2010?

rmfnla

That was actually the transfer case in the 4M versions...

sblvro

2013 was the refresh and there were 1000 changes according to MB!

NYCGLK

that's correct, but TC is integrated part of tranny so usually the whole thing "needs" to be replaced, unless somebody is willing to open it up.

But you are right that only AWD were susceptible to this failure.

iTIGER

Oh I see, and I'm getting the 2010 version.

iTIGER

I noticed that RWD on a lot of cars are better too for some strange reason