Chris_Stone3

I understand that the stealership stores your tire type electronically, but I am wondering if anyone knows if not having a MB dealership replace your tires (and program into dash) could cause any unforeseen problem?



I cannot justify buying tires for MB when there are much better tires than what is offered at the dealership. I have had horrible results paying for A and B services from Mercedes Benz in Midland Texas, where most of the service wasn’t even done!! It’s a horrible feeling to think that your car was serviced at the stealership, only to get under the hood yourself after the service and realize the oil is still very black and dirty as well as wiper fluid low messages. But I digress.



I appreciate any insight anyone may offer. Thanks.

John CC

Oil turns black in a Diesel almost as soon as you start the engine after an oil change.

Tire changes do not get programmed into the car, unless you're changing sizes and want to correct the speedometer.

Chris_Stone3

Fair point about the oil. But, not filling up DEF, wiper fluid, brake fluid, or better yet not topping off “all fluids” (can’t remember if it was an A or B) I paid for is still stealing. I even talked to them about it a few weeks later and they did not deny it and offered to “take care of me next time”. Which they didn’t. So, I’d rather give my money to a professional, privately owned garage that treats me like a valuable customer instead of a stealership that cares little about providing the service their customers pay for. But that’s just me.

MBKLUE

Then you should do so.

Cmy13suv

I just had my 20" GLK wheels swapped to 17" Metris wheels that had no TPMS. The tire shop removed the sensors from my old wheels and installed into the 17" wheels. Drove the car for about 5 miles and the TPMS was recognized. No programming was needed. Doubtful your sensors will even need to be removed.

Mmr1

There are TPMS sensors that connect automatically and ones that need programming . Changing just tires affects nothing , but on an old vehicle new TPMS sensors are a good idea when getting new tires . Look on Amazon for auto connect Tpms sensors

habbyguy

If the pressure you're running on the new tires is different from the pressure you ran on the old tires, you should reset the TPMS to measure based on the new values.

Cmy13suv

This is the message I got once new tires installed.