Hi All,

I have a S 500 with around 16K miles on it. When you place the car in park, it will rock foward or back (depending on the grade) up to around 2-3 inches. It has always done this since I bought it with 8K around 6 months ago. Is there something wrong or is this normal? I can't believe a car with 16K on it could have defective motor mounts, could this be what is bad? What other checks could I make?

Thanks,
Mark

Do you mean that when you let your foot off the brake while the car is in park that it will either move forward or backward (depending on the gradient) a few inches? If so this is perfectly normal, Mercedes's seem to have big pawls on park and it takes a bit before they catch. You should apply the handbrake before letting the foot brake off anyway.

Matt.

Yup, NOrmal!

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2006 E350 w/ 155k miles (Daily Driver)

Previous:
1993 300E 3.2L Sedan w/ close to about 300k miles
2003 E500 Brilliant Silver (Had 217k miles when totalled!)
1989 300E with 289,000 miles (had for <1 yr while in HI)
03 CLK 500 cabrio (Mom's)
2006 C230k (Dad's)
1999 S420 (Mom's/Dad's)
2000 C230k Sport sedans
2001 CLK320 Cabrio (Mom's)
1995 C280 My First Mercedes-Benz... (155k miles. EXCEPTIONAL AUTOMOBILE. Was Very hard to let go of!)