My warranty will expire in a few weeks and I plan to have an independent shop do a comprehensive inspection prior to the warranty expiration.

My plan is to have someone "shake-out" anything that is wrong, then I will have the dealer fix under warranty.

I have had a few major issues; the latest was a complete replacement of the exhaust system at over $4K covered under warranty.

Can anyone recommend an independent shop in the San Francisco Bay Area, preferably in the East Bay?

Many thanks,

PS - is there anything that I should look out for in terms of potential failures? The car has only 28K on the clock.

 

Sorry, aren't all Mercedes covered upto 50K miles?

Regards,
-Bouncer-

 

The original factory warranty is 4 years or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.

 

bump...can someone give me some advice before my warranty expires?

Many thanks!

 

my car is starmarked till 2006 or 100,000 miles... it's currently at 82k. i went to the dealership to change my cat converter cause i heard it was a problem and wanted to replace it before my warranty expired. everything was fine until the last minute where they said that the warranty does not cover exhaust system. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF..... and i was under the impression from another mbworld member that i could replace it under starmarked warranty... i totally got jewed that day. (which was tuesday)

 

My understanding is that the emission system has a 10 year warranty. I just had my muffler, cats (2), and tailpipe replaced under warranty. It would have been over $4K, if it wasn't covered. Take a read of your warranty.

 

i don't have my warranty papers... im the third owner as of october '04... what do u suggest i do?

 

I would try calling another dealer. If that doesn't work, I would contact MBUSA.

Federal Emission Coverage:

Components under the federal emission defect warranty are covered for 8 years/80,000 miles.

 

****** great... if that is true... then it sucks. my car is at 82k