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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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The dreaded D+ service

Hi everyone. Instead of an indy shop, I ended up back at the dealer (Laguna Niguel) for service. Car is a little over 48k miles. The car said it needed D+ service.

The dealer gave me a loaner and said the car really only needed an A service, intake filters, and recommended alignment since my tires are pretty much brand new.

Cost as follows:

$167 - A service
$130 - Intake filters
$130 - Alignment for all wheels
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by spclagent7
Hi everyone. Instead of an indy shop, I ended up back at the dealer (Laguna Niguel) for service. Car is a little over 48k miles. The car said it needed D+ service.

The dealer gave me a loaner and said the car really only needed an A service, intake filters, and recommended alignment since my tires are pretty much brand new.

Cost as follows:

$167 - A service
$130 - Intake filters
$130 - Alignment for all wheels

You can do your filters for under $50.00 and ten minutes of your time.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama
You can do your filters for under $50.00 and ten minutes of your time.
At what mileage interval should the air filters normally be changed? I thought I saw a posting on this forum about service requirements that they should be replaced at the 60,000 mile point. I have 59,000 on my 2003 E500 and not sure they've ever been replaced yet. Also, guess I should use the MB-brand filters instead of the K&N brand.......I'm thinking of doing it myself since my next A or B Service isn't due for another 10k miles.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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I paid $198 for service A 2 days ago.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by mcleantmw
At what mileage interval should the air filters normally be changed? I thought I saw a posting on this forum about service requirements that they should be replaced at the 60,000 mile point. I have 59,000 on my 2003 E500 and not sure they've ever been replaced yet. Also, guess I should use the MB-brand filters instead of the K&N brand.......I'm thinking of doing it myself since my next A or B Service isn't due for another 10k miles.
60,000 miles or 4 years if you follow MBUSA service recommendation – see page 4 FSS_04 https://mbworld.org/forums/showpost....7&postcount=74

Part #A1120940604 $62 list/49 net
Compliments of Benz-O-Rama https://mbworld.org/forums/showpost....6&postcount=17

OEM or K&N https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w211/258431-k-n-air-filters-stock.html
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama
You can do your filters for under $50.00 and ten minutes of your time.
Definitely something to remember for the future. Now that I'm searching through past posts, I am finding all the info on air filters. Earlier I was in a rush, so I didn't look at parts cost, etc.

For a mechanical idiot like me, I can still do air filters myself.

You win some, you lose some. I actually won in Vegas a few months back, so I consider myself ahead. I'll put the air filter markup and labor on the Vegas trip.
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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spclagent7
Definitely something to remember for the future. Now that I'm searching through past posts, I am finding all the info on air filters. Earlier I was in a rush, so I didn't look at parts cost, etc.

For a mechanical idiot like me, I can still do air filters myself.

You win some, you lose some. I actually won in Vegas a few months back, so I consider myself ahead. I'll put the air filter markup and labor on the Vegas trip.
Filter swap on our cars can be done by a blind one-armed midget using a butter knife. It's pretty easy and cheap.

Check this thread:

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...highlight=mann

Here's what mine looked like at the 55K mark. Pay particular attention to post #17.
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