S63 Maintenance & Service Schedule
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S63 Maintenance & Service Schedule
Maybe I am terrible at google searching for it, but I cannot for the life of me find the maintenance schedule for a 2018 S63.
The car is CPO'd and at 30k miles, and the transmission seems to be shifting in a very jerky manner. I dropped it off at the dealership, and they're claiming I need a transmission fluid change at the 30k mile mark and that is the reason it is behaving as such.
I tried searching to see if the AMG requires it sooner than the non-AMG S class (which seems to be 60kish mileage mark), but no luck finding it.
Anyone with a PDF or link for the maintenance schedule? Does 30k mile mark seem a bit early for transmission fluid to be the culprit?
Thanks!
The car is CPO'd and at 30k miles, and the transmission seems to be shifting in a very jerky manner. I dropped it off at the dealership, and they're claiming I need a transmission fluid change at the 30k mile mark and that is the reason it is behaving as such.
I tried searching to see if the AMG requires it sooner than the non-AMG S class (which seems to be 60kish mileage mark), but no luck finding it.
Anyone with a PDF or link for the maintenance schedule? Does 30k mile mark seem a bit early for transmission fluid to be the culprit?
Thanks!
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Maybe I am terrible at google searching for it, but I cannot for the life of me find the maintenance schedule for a 2018 S63.
The car is CPO'd and at 30k miles, and the transmission seems to be shifting in a very jerky manner. I dropped it off at the dealership, and they're claiming I need a transmission fluid change at the 30k mile mark and that is the reason it is behaving as such.
I tried searching to see if the AMG requires it sooner than the non-AMG S class (which seems to be 60kish mileage mark), but no luck finding it.
Anyone with a PDF or link for the maintenance schedule? Does 30k mile mark seem a bit early for transmission fluid to be the culprit?
Thanks!
The car is CPO'd and at 30k miles, and the transmission seems to be shifting in a very jerky manner. I dropped it off at the dealership, and they're claiming I need a transmission fluid change at the 30k mile mark and that is the reason it is behaving as such.
I tried searching to see if the AMG requires it sooner than the non-AMG S class (which seems to be 60kish mileage mark), but no luck finding it.
Anyone with a PDF or link for the maintenance schedule? Does 30k mile mark seem a bit early for transmission fluid to be the culprit?
Thanks!
1) with the car off.
2)press gas pedal all the way down,and hold.
3)turn the car to its “ACC position. With/out starting engine. (Press start button 2x).
4) hold the gas pedal for about 20 seconds.
Now start car normally. You have just done a transmission reset. Good luck!
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30k miles transmission fluid change is correct. You can also try and do a trans reset yourself.
1) with the car off.
2)press gas pedal all the way down,and hold.
3)turn the car to its “ACC position. With/out starting engine. (Press start button 2x).
4) hold the gas pedal for about 20 seconds.
Now start car normally. You have just done a transmission reset. Good luck!
1) with the car off.
2)press gas pedal all the way down,and hold.
3)turn the car to its “ACC position. With/out starting engine. (Press start button 2x).
4) hold the gas pedal for about 20 seconds.
Now start car normally. You have just done a transmission reset. Good luck!
I suppose I could try to reset it, but since I'm at 30k miles and I'm technically due for one, might as well get the fluid changed.
Spoke to an independent shop and they're recommending I actually change the transfer case and differential fluid as well according to what they've seen with other S classes, and their estimate is still substantially cheaper than the one at Mercedes (for just transmission fluid/filter).
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Thanks for confirming!
I suppose I could try to reset it, but since I'm at 30k miles and I'm technically due for one, might as well get the fluid changed.
Spoke to an independent shop and they're recommending I actually change the transfer case and differential fluid as well according to what they've seen with other S classes, and their estimate is still substantially cheaper than the one at Mercedes (for just transmission fluid/filter).
I suppose I could try to reset it, but since I'm at 30k miles and I'm technically due for one, might as well get the fluid changed.
Spoke to an independent shop and they're recommending I actually change the transfer case and differential fluid as well according to what they've seen with other S classes, and their estimate is still substantially cheaper than the one at Mercedes (for just transmission fluid/filter).
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Any chance anyone has access to the maintenance schedule for this vehicle? The Service A and B is easy enough to follow, but what about these other things like transmission fluid changes and rear axle oil changes? Would love to see a schedule that spells it out for me!
Thanks
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Yes I'm definitely grateful to have a decent number of independent shops around.
Any chance anyone has access to the maintenance schedule for this vehicle? The Service A and B is easy enough to follow, but what about these other things like transmission fluid changes and rear axle oil changes? Would love to see a schedule that spells it out for me!
Thanks
Any chance anyone has access to the maintenance schedule for this vehicle? The Service A and B is easy enough to follow, but what about these other things like transmission fluid changes and rear axle oil changes? Would love to see a schedule that spells it out for me!
Thanks
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I have a 2014 but I would imagine the schedule is the same. Personally with a performance car such as this AMG, I would make sure that all fluids are flushed at least every 50k. Mine just turned over 50k this year so we did:
Oil + Filter
Air and cabin filters
Coolant
Transmission (at $30 a pint this one is pricey)
Spark Plugs
Front and rear differential fluid (front is tricky and requires a one-way valve to be screwed into the drain hole in order to fill it)
Transfer Case
Brake Fluid
$700 in fluids and filters from FCP and $1400 in labor. The spark plugs have to be indexed and that was the most time consuming part of this according to my indy who did the work.
But it's cheap insurance....
Oil + Filter
Air and cabin filters
Coolant
Transmission (at $30 a pint this one is pricey)
Spark Plugs
Front and rear differential fluid (front is tricky and requires a one-way valve to be screwed into the drain hole in order to fill it)
Transfer Case
Brake Fluid
$700 in fluids and filters from FCP and $1400 in labor. The spark plugs have to be indexed and that was the most time consuming part of this according to my indy who did the work.
But it's cheap insurance....
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