kev10

Hi,

My 2012 C300 has a 7Y extended warranty that will expire in about 40 days. I plan to take the car to the 70,000 (7 year) maintenance before the warranty expires. Anything that I should specifically ask the dealer to check? Will the check cost extra?

The car currently has 65,000 miles in it. It had some problems in the past, including:
- an oil leak around the time of 3 year
- a complete replacement of transmission at 4.5 year
- a replacement of center speaker at 6 year
- a couple of smaller problems that incurred "engine check" yellow signs at 3 and 4.5 year

There has been no problem since the last maintenance (10 months ago).

I thought about trading it in for a new C but eventually gave up the idea. I just can't find a way to like the pop-up display. I prefer to hold on the car for at least one more year until the W206 comes out (likely in Sep 2019), so I would like to make sure that any fixes covered by the extended warranty will be fixed before the warranty expires.

Any response and help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Kevin

Moto_Guzzi

I had my fluids analised, it passed I decided to keep the car without gurantee, bought another one in case to travel gravel roads, so far I could have bought 2 engines or one gearbox for money of a further extended guarantee, replaced the 3x pulles/belt.

Your car:
Oil leaks
Pulleys
Alternator
Aircon
Steering & bushes etc
Steering lock
Brake rotors
Drive shaft
Foot hand brake

kev10

Thanks for the suggestion.

The 7-year maintenance (65,000 miles on meter) was just done. I mentioned the expiration of ELW and asked the dealership to check some extra, but they seemed to play it lightly, saying that all safety-related items would be checked. They did fix two issues (with replacements) that are covered by ELW:
- Engine mounts are worn
- Noise from front stabilizer end links

The service charge without a prepaid package, as expected, was like a rip off. Service A cost $300.

They also recommended two items that I didn't go for, as the "advisor" said the issues aren't serious:
- Clean up engine oil injection (not sure I got it right)
- Clean up engine heating/cooling system

I plan to keep the car at least until the new W206 model comes out. Should I be worried about these two issues?

Thanks again!

superangrypenguin

The last year of the elw is very restrictive to what it covers. I'd probably get an independent mechanic to look over the covered items. Namely engine and powertrain but probably not much more than that.

Ps I'm in the exact same boat as you! Same car, year and warranty stage too!

superangrypenguin

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ezshift5

Is the pop-up display the screen centered high on the front dash - - - and looks like an afterthought? Does it "pop-up" (or retract out of sight?)

ez