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As far as i know oil level can be checked via instrument cluster as well. But on my car it does not show oil level(picture below). Am i doing something wrong ?
C230 Sport Coup + 2006 W164 ML350 + 99 Ford Escort (What the heck, it gets 38 mpg!)
Funny, I was just reading the same thing on the W203 forum.
Strange, but apparently it doesn't work on all vehicles, which leads one to believe it's probably related to the ECU software version. My lowly prefacelift 02 C230 has menus that tell me, and even you can check the oil without even popping the hood through the normally available menus.(Though most often it gives you a cryptic message 'perf serv on time' which means it needs to sit longer after stopping or you didn't run it 1st) Which is why it surprised me on our 06 ML350 you can't read the oil with the computer,only check via dipstick though it will tell you to check it at the next fill up when it's low.
You know damn well the car knows exactly how much oil is in it, but they put that feature (checking oil with the computer in the menus) only in the more upscale V8 versions on W164. Why? Who knows.
Last edited by C230 Sport Coup; 10-25-2018 at 03:05 PM.
As far as i know oil level can be checked via instrument cluster as well. But on my car it does not show oil level(picture below). Am i doing something wrong ?
I believe only the ML500s had that feature. Look at the Owner's Manual index under Engine Oil. If it doesn't have checking with control system, you do not have the feature.
10-25-2018, 07:24 AM
