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Originally Posted by pawoSD
MB changed their position on "Lifetime" transmission fluid a long time ago. They recommend changing it every 60k....personally, I do it every year.
Brake fluid is supposed to be changed every TWO years. So yours is well overdue if original.
Coolant is good to change every 3-4 years....it costs what, $30 to do that? Big deal.
Not sure on the oil change, I thought they said to not use the FSS and instead change it every 7500 or 10,000 miles or something.
The "long-interval" services are not a good thing at all, just leads to lots of failed parts.
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The new transmission fluid change recommendation is one time only at 39-40K miles.
It's a negative to change coolant more often, as this loses the chemicals added to make it last 15 years in the first place.
Oil changes are every 10-13K miles and those are VERY conservative numbers, as the changes are maybe 20K miles in Europe. America is chock full of oil change geniuses, and typically American distribution arms of German companies reduce the intervals for "political" reasons.