2010 S550 Dead as a doornail - Page 2

Jun 30, 2023 | 01:31 PM

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Shadly1

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2007 S550

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Originally Posted by doni01

Is yours a 4MATIC? Wonder if they are different...

They are different. The 4matic has the starter on the left side. You need to take out the steering shaft bolt and shove it out of the way to get the starter out. Other than that it's the same.

Jul 2, 2023 | 08:12 AM

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kevm14

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04 E55 AMG (totaled), 07 S550 4Matic, 14 E63S

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Originally Posted by BOTUS

AC delco know what they are doing - at least as good as varta - in fact as nothing to do with germany likely 10 times better

but these days all in bed with one another and all selling out to one another .... its all a connected mess of designed to fail - aiming to get you on the page of lease hire

Typical manufacturers in the US are East Penn, Exide and Johnson Controls (which get re-branded a bunch of different ways). I actually don't know if AC Delco does their own manufacturing for batteries.

Jul 2, 2023 | 08:25 AM

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S500

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACDelco

ummm another bit says MOST ACdelco stuff is made in Saudi Arabia but I think only the batteries the rest is made in China
https://www.acdelcoarabia.com/

[from 2013] The biggest seller in ACDelco’s product portfolio is its line of batteries, which commands a 40 percent market share, making it the regional leader in automotive batteries. ACDelco can produce 4 million batteries a year from its battery factory in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

https://www.classaction.org/news/gen...action-alleges

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Jul 2, 2023 | 03:02 PM

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Shadly1

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2007 S550

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I've been buying their smaller batteries for years. I have a need for quantity over quality (video game controllers, milk frother, remotes, ANR Headset, etc.) They always have good deals on high quantity packs on Amazon. If I could squeeze out <10% more life for double the price... not worth it.

Jul 3, 2023 | 07:51 AM

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kevm14

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04 E55 AMG (totaled), 07 S550 4Matic, 14 E63S

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Ah yes I forgot about the Saudi Arabia thing. I bought an oddball Group 101 from Advance Auto and it was made in Saudi Arabia. Since that is a proprietary GM-only size, there is a strong chance my Autocraft battery was actually made by AC Delco. FWIW, that battery lasted 2 years and one of the cells seemed to be shorted.

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