Pulleys
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Pulleys
My father & I both have 1999 CLK 320's. We received delivery within one month of each other. Last month with approx 29000 miles on his car, the pulley just came apart while driving. The estimate for repairs was $2500 but the dealer supposedly got money from MB and did it for $1500. One month later my CLK does the exact same thing. Dealer calls me and tells me the pulley came apart, did damage to the oil pan and will cost $3000 but can do it for $2000. Obviously this is not an isolated incident. What is going on? I know this is a manufacturing defect & we are both just 6 months out of warranty. Any ideas?
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2001 CLK320 Cabrio
Crankshaft balancer failures are a major problem on all 1998-1999 MB's.
See http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforu...3?s=&forumid=1 for more information onthis issue.
See http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforu...3?s=&forumid=1 for more information onthis issue.
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Its in the lower front of the engine (i.e. attached to the crankshaft).
The discussion at the link I provided tells you everything you need to know about the problem. You could also do a search at that site for more threads covering the subject as well.
The bad news is that when it goes it does a lot of damage (e.g. usually takes out the timing chain cover, oil pan etc.). The good news is that it is easy to detect a pending failure by inspection, affects mostly 98/99 engines and MB will often repair out of warranty cars as good will.
The discussion at the link I provided tells you everything you need to know about the problem. You could also do a search at that site for more threads covering the subject as well.
The bad news is that when it goes it does a lot of damage (e.g. usually takes out the timing chain cover, oil pan etc.). The good news is that it is easy to detect a pending failure by inspection, affects mostly 98/99 engines and MB will often repair out of warranty cars as good will.
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Thanks for that link. I have been contemplating getting a W210 E320 as a daily car but now... I think I'll get something else....
Originally posted by Serndipity
Its in the lower front of the engine (i.e. attached to the crankshaft).
The discussion at the link I provided tells you everything you need to know about the problem. You could also do a search at that site for more threads covering the subject as well.
The bad news is that when it goes it does a lot of damage (e.g. usually takes out the timing chain cover, oil pan etc.). The good news is that it is easy to detect a pending failure by inspection, affects mostly 98/99 engines and MB will often repair out of warranty cars as good will.
Its in the lower front of the engine (i.e. attached to the crankshaft).
The discussion at the link I provided tells you everything you need to know about the problem. You could also do a search at that site for more threads covering the subject as well.
The bad news is that when it goes it does a lot of damage (e.g. usually takes out the timing chain cover, oil pan etc.). The good news is that it is easy to detect a pending failure by inspection, affects mostly 98/99 engines and MB will often repair out of warranty cars as good will.
