benzw205

Hello,

Do you know if any "surprise" is to be expected when it's time for yearly check after 4 years and 40000 kms ?

And in the future, what could be the big expenses ?

Thank you for your feedback.

Jay_Chicago

Only big expenses I had so far with 30k miles (48k kms) is with tires.....other than that all regular maintenance.

ItalianJoe1

Spark plugs at 50k but that's not major. 60k service is same as the 40k. 70k I think adds a trans service to a basic A service, depends on the car, have to see the maintenance sheet. Shouldn't be anything major, couple hundred extra bucks, nothing that's a dealbreaker.

netboy

i paid 860$ for Service A 50,000 miles, that included replacing spark plugs.

richysh

if it's out of warranty, as a matter of fact, even if you're still under the warranty, I would find an independent shop that specializes in european cars to keep some money in your pocket.

The only things I've done so far at around 50-60k miles (don't exactly remember when but now i'm at 72k) are as follows: spark plugs (i bought them online and took it to the indy and paid only an hr of labor), transmission service (I think it was about 400 and i got this done through the dealer since it is a sealed unit and even though the indy could've done it, the price was only 50 dollars cheaper there so it was a no brainer to just get it done through the dealer, just in case), and front and rear diff (I also only paid for an hr of labor plus the diff fluids).

So all in all, if i remember right, the dealer quoted somewhere like 400 for the diff service and somewhere 400 for the spark plugs as well, which means I saved quite a bit of money by getting it done by the indy.

Even for the brakes, I bought the factory front rotors and ebc redstuff pads for both front and rear for about 400 and paid my friend a 100 for his time. So all in all, i spent only 500 whereas the quote i got from the dealer was 1000.

These are the only things that i've done so far ever since i bought the car, which i bought last april and had 22k miles when i bought it. Within a year and 5 months, I put on 50k miles and those are the only things i had to do other than regular oil changes using mobil1 0w-40 every 6k miles (NOT doing 10k or 12k mile interval as the dealer recommends), tires, and new cabin, dust and intake filter every year.

benzw205

Thank you, but isn't it better to go to the official dealer to connect the diagnostic computer and maybe find problems that a standard shop couldn't find ?

And when changing oil, how do you reset the computer ?

400ixl

A proper specialist independent will have the Mercedes STAR system to do the diagnostics and any systems updates required. They should have access to the Mercedes systems which give them the cars history etc as well. If they don't they are not the garage for you.