![]() ![]() Power steering, brake, coolant, transmission, differential (as the car is probably a 4MATIC AWD, you have a front and rear diff), and probably some I'm forgetting. While we're talking fluids, your car has a lot of them. You shouldn't use these on cars not designed for them, like BMW. Not a bad way to DIY if you are comfortable. In the X164, the oil filter as well as the dipstick are located under the hood, and you can (and most shops do) pop the hood open, use one of these to suck the oil out, and then just replace the filter. Use OEM or as close to an OEM oil filter as is possible. A good shop should never ever ever recommend anything other than synthetic. It takes 9.5 qt of oil, so purchase accordingly. I stick with Mobil 1 High Mileage Euro Formula Synthetic. Mobil 1 is the US recommended version and Castrol is the EU recommended version. ![]() Book the service appointments BEFORE they are due. It will tell you what service and how many miles remain. The service A/B/C menu is available in the gauge cluster. If there are none, assume the worst and act accordingly. Locate any available maintenance records. A lot of this would be the same for any car, so don't let it scare you off. In no particular order, and being very paranoid myself, here is what I recommend. There is absolutely nothing more important than doing the maintenance on any German car, precisely when you are told to, not a minute later. Rocco's European garage is excellent and has more locations. I use German Auto Repair out by the Big Chicken. ![]() I HIGHLY recommend locating a quality independent German car shop that you trust and that treats you well. It's a fantastic car but since you've come from Honda, the experience will be very different, in good and bad ways. I've had it since it had 120k on the odometer, and drive the absolute tar out of it (long commute, about 20k miles a year just from that). All seemed to have kept it well maintained, the entire car only has 3 dents. Mine has 195k miles on it, three owners including me. If it's painted in palladium silver, I'm going to have to go check my garage. Ha! I have this exact car, same year, and we live in the same metro. ![]()
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