No more harsh ride and fixed for free!
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No more harsh ride and fixed for free!
I have a 2012 C300 Sport with 50 thousand on it. It always rode firm, but for the last year or so the ride became so "harsh" I began planning to get rid of it in the Spring. While at the dealer recently for service the advisor looked over my car and said it's too low in the front and the springs are shot. Expecting a big estimate he said it would be covered under warrantee along with an alignment and headlight height adjustment. He also said mine is certainly not the first one that they have done. Car now rides like a Benz should and I think maybe I will keep it awhile longer.
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I'm surprised the springs were an issue. They are pretty low tech and one would think pretty bullet proof...the shocks sure, but surprised to hear you had bad springs.
Did he make it sound like it was a common issue?
Did he make it sound like it was a common issue?
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Advisor said he checks all the C Class cars if they have over 40k miles. Claims he has replaced "more than a few". The car is now actually a couple inches or so higher. I checked the invoice thinking that perhaps "luxury" springs were installed but the part # is for "sport" springs. I wonder also if there are a lot of cars affected.
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It can be but to me the car always rode "firm" (a bit too much for my liking) but had apparently deteriorated to the point when I hit a pothole it sounded like the front wheels were coming through the floorboard.And I'm not talking about hitting a crater.
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mine seems fine but i do dead stop before going over all train tracks and speed bumps people hate me but i don't care hahaha was looking to upgrade all my shocks but was told i don't have to till 120,000km I'm not even at 70,000km yet so that weird to hear thats it got so bad you'd have to sell the car
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mine seems fine but i do dead stop before going over all train tracks and speed bumps people hate me but i don't care hahaha was looking to upgrade all my shocks but was told i don't have to till 120,000km I'm not even at 70,000km yet so that weird to hear thats it got so bad you'd have to sell the car
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suspension is exactly where it needed to be today .
shocks & struts are only covered on factory warranty.
even with the extended Mercedes warranty shocks & struts are not covered .
sucks unless I'm reading it wrong.
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my car is also cpo I highly doubt the lease person who drove the car gave a **** about potholes.
I truly baby my cars on bad streets .
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Yeah, mine was a lease and it's roughed up slightly. I have two wheels out of round that the seller is going to fix.
Unfortunately it's not a CPO but I have 14 months of factory warranty left.
In Florida the roads are mostly flat and straight, which makes for dull driving. I do know driving can be a bit more interesting up north, especially Massachusetts .
Unfortunately it's not a CPO but I have 14 months of factory warranty left.
In Florida the roads are mostly flat and straight, which makes for dull driving. I do know driving can be a bit more interesting up north, especially Massachusetts .
Last edited by michail71; 12-30-2015 at 02:59 PM.