Rumbling / vibration on a Mercedes E280?

Has anyone had this problem and can advise me? Due to a few bad experiences over the years I find dealerships are rip-off merchants and I'd rather contact them as a last resort.

I have a ten year old E280 petrol Merc. Recently I've developed a rumbling throughout the whole body of the car at between 20 to 35 mph. One garage I took it to found nothing mechanically wrong. He told me to go and get my tyres checked and wheels balanced. I did that and nothing has changed.

Any advice would be welcome.Rumbling / vibration on a Mercedes E280?
Rumbling at high speed is usually caused by rims and tires. Low speed rumbling (like in your case) is often associated with driveline sources.



Things to be checked:



- engine mounts

- transmission mounts

- driveshaft out of balance

- damaged shaft center bearing



and possibly others.



Some of the issues can be confirmed/eliminated by jacking the car up with all the wheels cleared from the ground, securing it (!!!) and running the engine with drive position engaged. This simple test will surely eliminate the front axle as the source of vibration, and may be very helpful in tracing down

the source of rumble. The procedure is to be performed by experienced repair facility, so don't try that at home.



If the vibration seems to be going in line with engine RPMs then it's likely that mounts are the problem. If the vibration follows the wheel speed rather than engine speed, then it's the drive shaft.



hope this helps,Rumbling / vibration on a Mercedes E280?
You'll have to be more specific. Does the rumbling occur constantly or only under certain circumstances, such as braking, acceleration, and/or while turning? If it is constant, do any of the other actions make it worse or better? Does it only occur between those speeds or can it also occur at other speeds, but at certain RPM's?Rumbling / vibration on a Mercedes E280?
Sounds like a worn flex disc.

Mercedes uses flexible rubber couplings on the driveshaft instead of u-joints. When they start to go bad you get a vibration in a narrow range of speeds. When they're totally shot the vibration happens at all speeds.

It's a hard problem to find if you don't know what you're looking for.
Check ur rear diffrential or the drivetrain.

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