albert101

what the mileage on your car?

jimday1982

I don't post here very often, but this was the funniest thing I've seen in days. Well done - thanks for the laugh!

lamonsas

sorry to hear that man, something must be wrong with your car because the C is pretty reliable, specially the 2010/2011 as they ironed out most of the issues but yea trade it in and get a 2011 C300 or something similar.

lamonsas

LMFAO HILARIOUS DUDE

envyxc350

Sounds like the battery to me, Ive left lights on or radio on to long and same problem, just hook up a starter kit and it works fine. Do you have any after market stereo? Like subs or anything?

noka

That has got to be one of the funniest things I've seen on here!

Sportstick

Just wondering...what do the words under your signature picture mean, please?

The Archman

I have come to that conclusion myself. After owning a 04 Porsche C4S and putting several thousand dollars a year in to the car ( and the car quite never would reach a break even point in value), I have decided to lease a car every 3-4 years(put about $3K down) drive it under warranty and then turn it in. It seems that cars (all cars) begin needing $500 here, $500 there after about 50Kmi. Then if you want a good warranty it will still cost you $3K. I still own my 01 E430 with 110Kmi, bought a good after-warranty, got my money out of the warranty and now have to pay about 2000/yr to drive the car, sure it is paid off and that sounds like a small amount, but I have fixed, a catalytic converter ( just over 80Kmi), O2 sensor, Transmission sensor, stoplight sensor, the dash is loosing digitals, had to repair the window washer system tubing, replace rear taillights, front headlights (fogged out beyond recognition) two rear window regulators, rattling sunroof, radio (losing fader) 2 batteries, at least 8 sets of front brake pads ( E 430 goes thru breaks like butter)5 sets of tires, all taking time and money and not to mention 4 trips to the garage via tow truck. It has a small leak at one of valve cover gaskets and the RMS is sweating)This doens't include oil changes and A,B and C services) It seems to me that I could circumvent this by just leasing every 4 years and buying Mercedes Benz's service agreement. However it is not all sour grapes with the E430, it still purrs like a kitten and roars like a lion.

Acapulco Bill

Agree with The Archman, unless its a lease, get the extended maintenance agreement. In Mexico, the warranty is only 2 years, fortunately it can be extended for $1,450 dls, which I did. BMW and AUDI warranties are only for two years and cannot be extended, so that was a dealbreaker for me. Have a V12 which last year ran about $9k in service, so if you want to have a decent, no maintenance ride, get a hot Ford (like the Fusion Sport?), which has B service intervals of 50k miles.

noka

Google it and check Urban Dictionary (or other) definition.

alexlev

They're lyrics from a song.

Sportstick

Thanks...found it...I thought it was something Envy had written, but found:

"Beamer Benz or Bentley, your scheming don’t affect me"

which seemed pretty close. That's quite some song!

noka

It's funny because apparently the word as spelled had some meaning too.

kirillbenz22

that comic made my day, I on Amtrack train coming from San Diego, i am in business class and internet here is retarded 56k (no seriously) and when i saw that comic i started laughing a little too loud...people around me are still staring....i wish they can see why

EASYDOES1T

A bit over 55,000

Yeah, I felt that way as well. But I mean my sister's 3 series had issues as soon as it passed 50,000 miles as well. It's like a timer or something

Yeah, I thought it was the battery as well. Our cars have two batteries and they said it may be the auxillary one... Dunno lol. I don't have any aftermarket stereo or subs

EASYDOES1T

Thanks man! You can have my wheels as soon as I trade this baby in for 11/12 Evo X

Damn man sounds like you had madddd issues just like me -_- lol. Sad cause these issues should not be occurring.

Nope, no crank at all. That's why I found it weird. Light don't work sometimes and other times they did. Yeah sounds really weird but it was really inconsistent with the issues that came up. Some times the lights would go on, sometimes they won't. Sometimes I would hear a click and sometimes I wouldn't

Thanks. The extended warranty was ridiculous to me but now looking back, I feel kinda dumb that I didn't do it lol...

I'm at 55k now

RLE

If someone at an MB dealer said your car has a second battery, you should not deal with them from now on. You not knowing your car is one thing, but for a dealer employee to be ignorant of the facts is unacceptable.

If you or he can find a second battery in a W204, I'll send you a dollar bill.

Batteries in a flashlight or the key don't count.

EASYDOES1T

Okay, so we I major problems now.. Guy just called me back today.

He said there are 2 issues. The reason my car won't start is because my "steering lock module" needs to be replaced and it's "not sending power and not recognizing keys" therefore the car can't start.

Total: $945.00

Other reason he said was that when that there is "a lot of noise from the starter module."

Total: $433.00

So now I'm looking at almost $1500 worth of parts and labor. What do you guys think I should do? This is ridiculous. Any advice would be great. TIA.

jctevere

Complain to MBUSA, get them to cover at least half, if not a full reimbursement. Say how you are so unhappy that all these issues crop up RIGHT after the warranty and how kia offers a 5 year 60,000 mile warranty, which would cover this. Also, the "a lot of noise from the starter module" sounds like complete bull**** and they want more money. A starter going at 55k without being stripped multiple times is just ridiculous.

justthinking

sorry to hear about your trouble..did you ever get the left airbag disabled thing fixed?? it is hard to have to fork over close to $2k right after the warranty expires..
my advise would be contact mbusa's customer service and tell them your whole story..
if you bought your car at an authorized dealer and the car has always been serviced at dealer, then mbusa maybe willing to offer you some post warranty assisstant..
I recently ran into issue w/ my UMI which only has 12 month warranty since it is retroffited by dealer and not original equipment and mbusa decide to pickup the tab for the parts (would have to spend $1,290 for the parts out of pocket) and I only had to pay for the labor..

btw, did you buy the car new or used??

JimPap

Lets face it you guys.

Its damn expensive to repair a Mercedes when it breaks.

As if that's not bad enough, you're pretty much at their mercy as to what's really wrong with the car. For all the original poster know, a wire came loose.

EASYDOES1T

I am gonna try to call MBUSA and see if that works. I doubt it though -_- just cause I doubt they'd care about the situation and probably give me a bunch of BS about how I should have just extended the warranty...

If that fails, do you guys think that a local shop can do it? My dad knows the boss of the local Midas and he always gives us better prices when my dad brings the car there and everything. I wonder if I order the parts online from mbparts or something, Midas can just do the install?

Damn this is extremely annoying. At this point, I completely regret not extending the warranty. So for all those who are reaching 4 years or 50k miles and are not thinking about extending (given you are keeping the car for a while), you might want to reconsider but I also understand why you wouldn't because I didn't. Dumb move.

justthinking

I wouldn't trust any local shop to work on german cars like MB & BMW..
your better bet would be find a good indepdent mb shop and see how much they quote you..

Glyn M Ruck

Damn EIS again! This happens too often for my liking. Whoever does the job needs a Star DAS.

keith100

Push MB to cover all all or most of the cost under "goodwill". There's been a TSB out about the EIS, since almost day one. Some switches obviously have a construction defect.

Good luck