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New to the Mercedes market. I am planning on purchasing a C43AMG used and am looking for any known issues I should look out for? I am basically wanting to know if these are reliable cars. Any AWD issues or such? I am a lifelong Ford guy and have always been tempted to cross the domestic border, lol. I am currently coming off of a Taurus SHO ecoboost that was modded and ran 12.1s in the quarter. SHO's are excellent cars but the AWD isn't the best system and they are known for PTU and RDU issues. I had a few myself. Any comments are welcome and hopefully I pick up this 2018 C43 AMG soon. Thank you in advance.
A lot of opinions out here I’m sure
but depends on what ur looking for and looking to do with ur car.
a few things I can think of for options to know about
upgraded burm sound
ambient interior light
distronic
pfl or fl ( ‘18 is pfl)
top speed limiter ( my first c43 was a ‘19 with 130 mph limit)
full leather
Just a few quick ones
Face lift
or
pre face lift.
I believe ‘19 was the first fl models.
I’m not sure about top speed on pfl
but fl will have it on the build sheet.
“Increased top speed limiter “ or something to that effect.
Will depend on what the orig tires were and if the increase was selected
Face lift
or
pre face lift.
I believe ‘19 was the first fl models.
I’m not sure about top speed on pfl
but fl will have it on the build sheet.
“Increased top speed limiter “ or something to that effect.
Will depend on what the orig tires were and if the increase was selected
"Eurocharged" tune! Trust me you won't regret it! I wouldn't own mine without it. Close to 500hp awd. Bought it in Feb 2020 w/13k miles. I have now 121k miles and no issues. All I've done is take it in for service with the service package I bought with the car. (Note: Mine was CPO and I paid $3k for the service package,
and it didn't cover all the service intervals). Only thing I've paid for is brakes and tires. Get rid of those run flats for sure!
Oh by the way the tune will remove the limiter. I hit a stretch of open road in the middle of nowhere with nobody around and wounded up to160 with ease. It had more to give too.
Last edited by Freder8d; Dec 15, 2022 at 06:00 AM.
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