CIC Data Base Inquiry
Reference No. 191
 

Date of Request: November 3, 2003
Original Date Posted: December 23, 2003
 

Subject:             Expand “labor note” non reusable part

                                   

Make:                         Mercedes

Model:                          ML Class

Year:                            02

Operation:                     R&I fender flares 

                                   

Time allowance:            Mitchell                        0.4 hrs

Labor text note:           None

                                                                       

                                    Motor                           0.3 hrs

Labor text note:           None

                                               

                                    ADP                            Presently not known

 

                                    CCC                             Same as Motor

                                    Labor text note:           Same as Motor

                                   

Date of Inquiry:          November 3, 2003

 

Inquiry (as stated by inquirer)

We have a 2002 Mercedes ML 55  in the shop. What I found was you can not R&I the wheel flares on the fenders or on the Quarter panels. The wheel flares are urethane on to the body.  Since the wheel flares are so expensive could a labor note be added that wheel flares can not reused. This is also the case with the whole ML class.

 

Suggestion:

¨       Motor: Please review operation and add labor note.

¨       Mitchell: Please review operation and add labor note.

¨       ADP: Please review operation.

 

Response:

ADP, December 18, 2003: We reviewed the Mercedes service information on the wheel opening flares and found that Mercedes considers these reusable. They state that you should use a special BTB cutting tool with blade #WK24ZV. As a result of these findings we will support these parts the same as we currently have them in the system.

Mitchell: the procedure to remove the fender flare is to cut the adhesive using a reciprocating tool

MOTOR: Raised wheel flare times to 0.5 hours. Time is not included in R&R fender or quarter panel. See GTE pages, Adhesive type moldings, nameplates & emblems


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