mrkbbd

I havn't even had the car for a year yet and the stars on the wheels are corroding (don't know if you can tell from the pics) (and it's not brake dust, because I spent about 10 min just scrubbing one star with no change) and there is corrosion inside the hood (don't know what part, pic attached) - are these replaceable under warranty?

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mrkbbd/album?.dir=/9d1a

AMG_Fred

Sure is corrosion. What type of wheel cleaner are you using? Using too harsh of a cleaner may cause that. And for the engine... do you ever clean that on your own or do your own work? That looks out of place.

mrkbbd

I don't do anything except clean the car with Mercedes-Benz soap that I bought from the dealer

mrkbbd

Oh, and I dont touch the engine, I only noticed it when I opened the hood to get a couple of leaves out.

onkelmarknr1

Do you have a lot of ice/snow where you come from? If so the corroding could be from the salt that they sprinkle on the street. Once it comes in touch with the chrome it reacts and the chrome starts comming off. The thing inside the hood is your dynamo i think. The material that it is made off easily corrodes. Mine and i bet all the others looks just like yours.

Chi500

I live in Chicago and drive my car in the winter snow and I see the same corrosion on my stars, too. Though I haven't noticed it on the dynamo.

mrkbbd

not quite, I live in Florida where the temperature in the middle of January hit 85 degrees

mleskovar

The corrosion on the aluminum parts under the hood looks consistent with salt corrosion from the ocean.

mrkbbd

well, are the starts covered under warranty or not?

mleskovar

No, but that doesn't mean they won't replace them. But I doubt it.....it's an environmental problem. If your car was sandblasted and the paint removed in a desert windstorm do you think they are obligated under warranty to repaint it? Same situation.