Thread: When did the ML spare tire go inside the car rather than under ?
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Old 04-14-2014, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Palangi View Post
2007 and 2008 ML Diesels have the spare inside. From 2009, the Bluetec Diesels have run-flat tires due to the DEF tank, so no spare tire.
Correct, 07/08 ML CDIs have the spare inside beneath the cargo area floor. However it is a "donut" spare not a full size tire.

Once they went to AdBlue in 09, this is where they put the pee tank, so they got run flat tires. What a joke on so many levels. Pee tank = one of the dumbest government induced ideas ever, and run flats are 2-3x the price and 1/2 to 1/3 the lifetime of normal tires.

Hence the reason I got an 08 last summer, and not a newer one.
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