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Very hot after a good drive.

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Old 04-28-2019, 11:47 AM
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Very hot after a good drive.

I have noticed that the area on the top hood near the side blinkers gets extremely hot to the touch after a good drive.
Basically it’s the body panels that the top blinkers are sitting on top of and some area of the hood that gets heat up quite a bit.

My other 2 non AMG Mercedes does not get this hot to the touch for sure. I also had one of the new E300 as a loaner and was surprised after driving over 60 miles and the hood and fender area was not even warm to the touch.

Just wondering if this is normal because of the big power AMG motor creating so much heat or just poor air circulation design?

Is it normal for those body panels body panels to get hot like that on the G63 AMG ?

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Is it 2019 or earlier?
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Mine is a 2016 G63.

Also curious if the 2019 model year gets hot as well .

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Interesting. Haven't heard that before.
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If the high heat is normal then does the film protection on top of it makes it worst?

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