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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 07:23 PM
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'05 MB CLK 320A; '06 BMW X5 4.8is
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I have a '99 Ml430 and i think the rev limiter is messed up. In first gear it does the normal 6200rpm shift and then in second the tach will go almost all the way to 7000 same in third, and I dont think you hit that high in 4th and have not tried, are all ml's like that?
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'05 MB CLK 320A; '06 BMW X5 4.8is
has anyone had/noticed this?
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
you shift gears in an ml?... and redline them at that?
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 07:15 PM
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More like the tach or something else is messed up.... Would need to see this in person to make any realisitic diagnosis.
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'05 MB CLK 320A; '06 BMW X5 4.8is
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you shift gears in an ml?... and redline them at that?
Why not?
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Yeah its fun!!!!
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