Payed to much for repair?
11-16-2014, 06:51 PM
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Payed to much for repair?
i have been having problems with my S55, when I get on it hard I get this rotten egg smell so I thought it was the catalytic converters ! I went to the dealership and was told it was a supercharger issue($7800). Also the engine light was coming on for Secondary air injection! I decided on a second opinion and went to an independent Mercedes tech! He told me it was the catalytic converter and that the engine was clogged from not changing the oil( I change the oil every 1500 with mobile 1) and that's why the light is coming on! $2150.00 later and it's fixed, left the shop and in 5 miles CHECK ENGINE comes on! I call the shop and the tell me it's just a false code! I come home and drive car up on ramps and see that he just cut the cats off and welded after market in their place( after telling me cats cost $1600 then a day later $1750). Then I removed the secondary air injection and find out the electric motor is shot( plastic holding the brushes has melted and brushes gone) I also paid $400 for labor when I picked it up! What can be done to get back my money or is that price right, because for $1750 I should have gotten more than aftermarket rear cats?
11-20-2014, 03:07 PM
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Did your Independent Shop quote you an OEM Cat or after market? If they promised OEM and installed after market then you can demand a refund on the cost difference.
So is the car fixed or still getting CEL?
So is the car fixed or still getting CEL?
11-20-2014, 05:05 PM
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The rear cats will not set a code, as they are after the front and rear 02 sensors, so must be the air injection causing the issues. Many of us just remove the rear cats and there are a lot of aftermarket cats that cost 100 dollars or so. So, sounds like the shop was not very fair and all codes should have been cleared before you left.
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11-22-2014, 10:54 AM
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He only said they were expensive so I assumed the would be oem. I paid $1750 for the cats. After I picked the car up 3 weeks later I was told that the engine has sludge in it and that's why the Secondary air injection code is there. When I got the car home I did some research and found out where the secondary air injection is located and removed it, dismantled it, I had found that the motor is shot. I also gave $400 for labor when I picked the car up.
