Mercedes swapped my Valeo for a Valeo
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silver 2002 c32 amg
Mercedes swapped my Valeo for a Valeo
a couple of weeks ago I had my Valeo radiator replaced because it cracked and was leaking on the bottom hose,
I told the shop that I wanted it replacing with the Behr replacement and not another crappy Valeo to which he told me that Mercedes would no longer supply the faulty radiator so not to worry
Well today I checked under the bonnet because I thought i could here a strange noise and noticed the new radiator had a Valeo sticker on it
so I rang up the workshop and asked... why?!!.. has my car got a Valeo radiator on it when I specifically asked for a Behr. The guy in charge said "we have to fit what Mercedes sends us" so I pointed out that the Valeo ones are prone to fail and that he told me they no longer supply the faulty radiator to which he said the fault will have been rectified and this will be an updated version
so here's my question... have Valeo rectified this problem and are now supplying new improved radiators that won't fail ?
or have I just spent a fair amount of money having one crap radiator replaced by another?
I told the shop that I wanted it replacing with the Behr replacement and not another crappy Valeo to which he told me that Mercedes would no longer supply the faulty radiator so not to worry
Well today I checked under the bonnet because I thought i could here a strange noise and noticed the new radiator had a Valeo sticker on it
so I rang up the workshop and asked... why?!!.. has my car got a Valeo radiator on it when I specifically asked for a Behr. The guy in charge said "we have to fit what Mercedes sends us" so I pointed out that the Valeo ones are prone to fail and that he told me they no longer supply the faulty radiator to which he said the fault will have been rectified and this will be an updated version
so here's my question... have Valeo rectified this problem and are now supplying new improved radiators that won't fail ?
or have I just spent a fair amount of money having one crap radiator replaced by another?
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They also replaced mine with another Valeo . . . I want to know the same thing. Keep in mind that I have an 04 and my factory Valeo failed which required a replacement of the radiator, torque converter, transmission, and engine mounts.
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My dealer told me the new Valeo radiators do not have the defect the older ones had. I still didn't want a Valeo though and that is all they could offer me, so I bought a Behr radiator online for less than $200 and had them install it.
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Yeah, I don't think the problem is limited to a specific radiator.
According to MB, they provided Behr and Valeo with specs as to how to build the radiator. There was a flaw in the design, and it carried over to both manufacturers.
Either way you need to watch out....this is why I designed a new radiator with the tranny cooler that is separate.
According to MB, they provided Behr and Valeo with specs as to how to build the radiator. There was a flaw in the design, and it carried over to both manufacturers.
Either way you need to watch out....this is why I designed a new radiator with the tranny cooler that is separate.
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From: nottingham / uk
silver 2002 c32 amg
Rang MB UK to try and get some sort of guarantee that Valeo did upgrade the radiator to stop it from failing, but they just said
"parts are always being upgraded and we don't keep a list because it would be too long"
he told me to ring my local dealer and ask the parts department when the part first came into production, so I did
I gave the guy the part number (Valeo radiator A2035004203) and my VIN number and he told me that the radiator fitted to my car has only been available since Jan 07 and also that there have been 5 different part numbers for this radiator since the original one fitted back in 02
so it looks like they've made a few changes from the original faulty versions, I just hope they got it right this time
"parts are always being upgraded and we don't keep a list because it would be too long"
he told me to ring my local dealer and ask the parts department when the part first came into production, so I did
I gave the guy the part number (Valeo radiator A2035004203) and my VIN number and he told me that the radiator fitted to my car has only been available since Jan 07 and also that there have been 5 different part numbers for this radiator since the original one fitted back in 02
so it looks like they've made a few changes from the original faulty versions, I just hope they got it right this time
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Rang MB UK to try and get some sort of guarantee that Valeo did upgrade the radiator to stop it from failing, but they just said
"parts are always being upgraded and we don't keep a list because it would be too long"
he told me to ring my local dealer and ask the parts department when the part first came into production, so I did
I gave the guy the part number (Valeo radiator A2035004203) and my VIN number and he told me that the radiator fitted to my car has only been available since Jan 07 and also that there have been 5 different part numbers for this radiator since the original one fitted back in 02
so it looks like they've made a few changes from the original faulty versions, I just hope they got it right this time
"parts are always being upgraded and we don't keep a list because it would be too long"
he told me to ring my local dealer and ask the parts department when the part first came into production, so I did
I gave the guy the part number (Valeo radiator A2035004203) and my VIN number and he told me that the radiator fitted to my car has only been available since Jan 07 and also that there have been 5 different part numbers for this radiator since the original one fitted back in 02
so it looks like they've made a few changes from the original faulty versions, I just hope they got it right this time
