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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 08:39 PM
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ABS EBD INOPERATIVE HELP!!

Today I installed 20"s on my 2016 E350 and all was fine till about 10 miles later when my dash lit up like a christmas tree throwing me every single error possible. It had "ABS EBD TRACTION CONTROL INOPERABLE SEE OPERATOR'S MANUAL" I also lost power steering. After some reading i couldn't find a thread in which it happened to someone after installing wheels but i can only assume after reading a million posts that it is the wheel speed sensor. I have a couple of questions, will this affect my warranty or is it even covered by warranty? Does anyone know how to fix it without taking to dealership?? Please help me i do not think the car is meant to be driven at all like this and i need options asap as i don't have another car but need to get to work.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 09:18 PM
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Is your car a 4-matic? My guess is that you have too much variance in your rolling diameter from front to back which can cause all of the errors and codes on vehicles with the 4-matic system.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by pablozerpa
Today I installed 20"s on my 2016 E350 and all was fine till about 10 miles later when my dash lit up like a christmas tree throwing me every single error possible. It had "ABS EBD TRACTION CONTROL INOPERABLE SEE OPERATOR'S MANUAL" I also lost power steering. After some reading i couldn't find a thread in which it happened to someone after installing wheels but i can only assume after reading a million posts that it is the wheel speed sensor. I have a couple of questions, will this affect my warranty or is it even covered by warranty? Does anyone know how to fix it without taking to dealership?? Please help me i do not think the car is meant to be driven at all like this and i need options asap as i don't have another car but need to get to work.
would be better if you could provide wheel n tires sizes
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 09:52 PM
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I do not have 4-matic, RWD E350 sport.

Originally Posted by TheInfuse
Is your car a 4-matic? My guess is that you have too much variance in your rolling diameter from front to back which can cause all of the errors and codes on vehicles with the 4-matic system.
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 09:53 PM
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would be better if you could provide wheel n tires sizes
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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pablozerpa
20' all around 9.5F with 235/30/20 and 9.5R 255/35/20
EDIT: Sorry did not see you said RWD... so I assume the different rolling diameters would not cause issues



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got it, that would have been awesome if it was the issue... thanks anyways for replying

Originally Posted by TheInfuse
Looks like your rolling diameter difference from front to back is more than 5% which is most likely the cause of your problems.



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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 11:38 PM
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Well a simple test would be to put the old tires back on. There does seem to be a lot of variation between the front and the rear and that's how some of those stability and traction control programs work, it detects wheels spinning at different speeds. The speed difference is probably too much for it to account for.
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