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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 01:35 AM
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Question on first year reliability of the CLS...

I know that the E class suffered from a lot of first year production problems so this makes me a little wary of the CLS. But I've heard that the CLS share a lot of components from the e-class so does this mean that the CLS would suffer a lot less first year reliability issues and essentially be as reliable as a 06 E55? Any input would be appreciated.

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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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2006 is its second year so i don't expecgt there to be that many problems. YES it has alot of the tech that the e has so i don't see the problems that I had with my E.

It does suck to have to take your car in for service, I have been lucky I guess in the 3 years that I had the E the problems where not significant.

I guess right now all we can do is wait and see if anything comes up.
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by clos
2006 is its second year so i don't expecgt there to be that many problems. YES it has alot of the tech that the e has so i don't see the problems that I had with my E.

It does suck to have to take your car in for service, I have been lucky I guess in the 3 years that I had the E the problems where not significant.

I guess right now all we can do is wait and see if anything comes up.

The 2006 CLS55 / CLS500's are first year CLS models
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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Old Jun 26, 2006 | 01:12 PM
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it is the first year for the 55, but I could of sworn there was a 2005 cls500. I see unique whips and he worked on alot of 2005 cls500. I could be wrong so I may stand corrected.

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