What do they do? Is it really necessary?

 

I have no clue, my cars in today, at 39000 miles.

 

WTF ADVAN WE ON SAME BOAT!!1

39100 here!!!

 

i think i'm there too.

 

39552 right here,, its a 2005. i think i drive wayy too much.

 

I'm at 39,415. My dealer said the service B is covered under the warranty, but somehow I'm always a little skeptical about such claims. The owners manual doesn't really confirm that, and I'd sure love to save the $700 or so.

 

41,900. yr 2003. just had service B done at 41,200.

 

Okay... So what do they do with this service??? Im actually almost there but want to know what they do. If its something stupid i can take it to my shop and have my friends dad do everything they do for a fraction of the cost.

 

lets see....service report says:

brake & coolant flush
wiper blade
dust filter
mobile 1 esp
ring, general
oil filter


dont know much bout that stuff cuz i dont really know under the hood

 

they dont do that to me =T hopefully they do it this time!

 

Wow you guys drive a lot. lol

Mine is an 06/05 build for MY 2006 and I'm at 21k. The stupid computer is saying I'm "14 Days Past Service B", but I'm not bothering until I hit 24k.

What do you guys do that involves so much driving??????

 

2003 - 49920miles. Service B in roughly 5000 miles....I've driven about 5000miles since I purchased it in late January I drive a lot.

 

i get VIP service thats why jk.

 

i purchased mine on the last day of august '06 at about 29,900 and its at exactly 42,000 now. now i think thats too much driving. i should manage my mileage better.

 

That is a lot of driving...now that I actually think about it, the figure I gave you is only slightly above average for a year, which is usually 10k miles.....but either way, it will skyrocket this summer because I hate when I'm not in my car!

 

yea, i hate high mileage. i hate seeing it!

 

ya i agree last time i took my car to Rallye to perform the service B my wipers were still streaking clearly they did not change them...

 

If you guys are still under warranty, ask them for a 'courtesy inspection'. My '03 is at 49, 8xx right now and I'm over 200 miles from the stealer. Last time I was in, I was talking to a nice young lady who worked there about my warranty most likely being expired before I can make it back again. She said to ask for the 'courtesy inspection', which is what they give a vehicle before you sign up for an extended warranty. They'll go over the car thoroughly, and fix anything wrong with it (they replaced some ball joints and found a couple other things too). My '03 had the full whiz-bang warranty, so they took care of it all. It was in having a climate control module replaced and I asked to have the Service B taken care of while I was in (~3000 miles early), then asked about the courtesy inspection when I was down there dropping it off.

My Service B would have included the brake fluid, but it had been replaced only about a year before, so it was fine.

 

Put it this way, high mileage isn't a problem on these cars.

I look at it this way, the car will last 150,000 miles or 9 years, whichever comes first. If you can do 20,000 miles a year and drive it for 9 years, you're ahead and doing great.

Unfortunately. While the car itself may last for 200,000 miles or 9 years, the electronics may not. I'd be more worried about the electronic features of the car.

In Europe, people don't consider getting rid of a Mercedes until it's gotten 250,000 KMs. Some wait until 300,000 KMs.

I'm severly under-mileage. I've only averaged 700 miles a month so far. I should consider selling.

 

ME TOO!! Im at 41,300..yr 2003