Yup, sounds like a bad belt. I would swap it to the rear and see if the noise/vibration follows. I’m guessing it will.
As I recall, the MLs use a weird tire size that’s not terribly common. -D > On Dec 2, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The LF tire on the ML500 started acting weird at 25mph+\- , kinda bouncing > around, but then it smoothes out at higher speeds. At first I thought > something in the steering or suspension was loose causing this. I jacked it > up the other day and there was no play in the steering, all the suspension > bits looked tight and fine. > > today I was driving with the window down and it seems like a flapping sound > as the tire rotates at that speed. Got me thinking maybe a belt is > separating? I’ve never had that happen so not sure of the symptoms. F Rt > I’m what I can tell it looks ok. I was thinking to swap it front to back and > see if the behavior follows the tire. Or take it off and take it to a tire > shop to see if they can figure it out, maybe it shed a weight or something. > > The tires are “Lizetti” and were on the vehicle when I “acquired” it and > looked to be nearly new. Not a lot of miles in them. It’s weird I have done a > search for the tire in the size 255/65R17 and none appear to be available > anywhere though a few other sizes are sold by different vendors. They seem to > have ok reviews for a cheaper tire but I had never heard of them. > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
