w211 alignment and vibration issues
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w211 alignment and vibration issues
I own a 2008 w211 550, since I bought the car back in 2012 with 32,000 miles, I've had alignment issues. At 50,000 miles the inside of the rear passenger tire was eaten away. In between that 30,000 and 50,000 miles I had a camber kit added to help with the vibrations and alignment. Today it has 58,000 miles, and I recently took it in for service and had two rear tires replaced, and a four wheel alignment. The car drove smooth for the first time in a long while but pulled to the right. I took it back to the dealership and explained the pull and they redid the alignment, and now the car drives straight but has a vibration in the front right tire. If there's anyone that knows anything that could be causing these issues please let me know, I've been fighting with this car for a long while now and would like to get it driving straight and right.
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What kind of tires? Vibrations could be from many things. Bad motor mounts, bent rim, bad tire, maybe you have control arm/bushing issues in the back. Shouldn't need those camber kits if there's no wear on the suspension parts. The shocks/springs/struts could go bad too.
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I own a 2008 w211 550, since I bought the car back in 2012 with 32,000 miles, I've had alignment issues. At 50,000 miles the inside of the rear passenger tire was eaten away. In between that 30,000 and 50,000 miles I had a camber kit added to help with the vibrations and alignment. Today it has 58,000 miles, and I recently took it in for service and had two rear tires replaced, and a four wheel alignment. The car drove smooth for the first time in a long while but pulled to the right. I took it back to the dealership and explained the pull and they redid the alignment, and now the car drives straight but has a vibration in the front right tire. If there's anyone that knows anything that could be causing these issues please let me know, I've been fighting with this car for a long while now and would like to get it driving straight and right.
