Like the title says, state the year of your car, mileage & what kind of problems you have ran into so far. This thread may be helpful to some people

 

2001 CLK55 Mileage 37-47k (Circa 1 year)

Brakes, Motor mounts, HID ballast, fog light bulb, side marker bulb, 1 dash bulb, Blown seat fuse, leaky washer tank, CD changer would not eject, radio signal would get fuzzy at times with rear defroster on.

Please note the problems in bold were there when i purchased the car.

2005 CLK55 Mileage 31-34k (Aprrox 3-4 Months)

Nothing. *Knock on wood*

 

2005 CLK55 ~45,000mi
Driver side keyless go wasn't locking/unlocking. Replaced the door handle (~$130) and noticed the wires had worn through.

Replaced the Crank Position Sensor after a P0335 error.

Not really mechanical and didn't need to be done, but made a big difference:
Replaced the fans in the ventilated seats with higher flow models. Actually cools you off a little bit now.

 

2004 CLK55 - 31K Miles

Bought CPO @ 20K miles.

Problems so far:
1. Motor Mounts (out of warranty)
2. Front suspension bushings (warranty)
3. CPS Crank Pos Sensor (DIY)
4. Cam Pos Sensor
5. MAS (DIY - K&N's nuked it.... self induced)
6. Psg Side mirror leds quit working.... plug came loose.
7. CD changer randomly quits with a loud SCREECH/CHIRP sound.
8. Drivers seat belt "button" fell off..... new one from fleabay.

Knock on wood that's it so far.

 

2003 W209 CLK55 89k, bought it with 87k no issues so far

 

2003 CLK 55 67K miles, one major issue the cot' damn ECU that cannot be repaired & needs to be replaced!

 

2004 CLK55 78k miles, Valeo radiator->Blown tranny, minor issues with A/C system, electrical issues with passenger seat.

 

Valeo radiator? I thought it's only in the 2003 CLK55... but I may be wrong, though.

 

08 CLK63 AMG Black Series, 11,100 miles, 0 problems
07 CLK63 AMG cabriolet, 24,500 miles, 0 problems

Ya gotta love the realiability of these cars!

 

2001 W208 CLK55, 70017 miles (bought at 66500). Weird electrical short in amp after car wash - fixed a missing trunk grommet, hopefully that's fixed now, otherwise solid ride! (knock on birdseye maple).

 

04 CLK 55 / Bought with 58k now has 75k

Passenger seat bolster switches are always falling off lol.

 

Owned from new, 7.655 miles as of a.m. Only issue has been the gas gauge failing; firmware reflash solved the problem. Gonna be for sale shortly.

 

2008 CLK BS 7,000 miles replace upshift paddle switch on steering wheel.

 

2007 clk 63, bought at 15ooo ks, i love it, 'however' another 5oooks $5000, problem, they took it on the chin, as interested in a new one, mention bmw

 

Update on mine since I can't seem the edit the post.
~51,000mi
Driver-side HID balast died which required me to pull the bumper. Found a used replacement part from a C-Class on ebay for $100 to fix it.

Tranny seems to have a tiny leak around the electrical connector I need to fix.

 

2003 CLK55 - 54K miles

- fuel pump died at about 30K miles (after warranty expired of course)
- replaced both headrest motors because they wouldn't go up or down

Nothing else major besides that. Very reliable car. (knock on wood)

 

2000 CLK55 92,000kms (around 55,000 miles)
- CPS
- Sunroof jammed
- unidentified rattlings (still there)

Other than that, all good.

 

Someone please tell me why we didnt get the CLK63 coupe here in the states?

NZ,

 

2004 clk55... my problem is i can't stop modding....... 33K miles.

 

I have 54,788 on my CLK right now. I have had it for about three months. I bought it with 51,456.

I have been enjoying the car so much.

 

Oh another "common issue" that I still havent fixed it the seat belt. Sometimes I will get out of my car, close the door and it'll bang on the buckle because it's loose and obviously the door won't close. Apparently it's the retracting systems that fails and its a pain in the *** to fix because the whole panel needs to be taken apart.

Who has come across this issue??

 

read somewhere they wanted you guys to buy the black series, does not make sense to me as the clk63 amg is such a good car, you can fit four adults, plenty of luggage space and it moves !!

 

Same here

 

2004 CLK55, 81K miles. Radio replaced after it died completely in 2006, Valeo radiator took the transmission with it in 2006 at around 30K miles (all covered under warranty), crank sensor last fall. Otherwise, no major issues!

Directly from the Star Bulletin:
Model 203.040/061/064/065/081/084/261/264/281/284/740/747/764
Model 209.365/375/376/465/475
Model 211.065/070/076/083/265/283
Up to Production Date 09/2003

Many 2004 CLKs were built in August 2003, including ours.

 

Had 79K on it when i got it in May of last year now it's got 98K

Had the lugnuts shear off one side cause of a tirestores errors and the only other issue i had was the Transmission electronic valve body i think it was and that was right after i got it from the previous owner