What problems have you had?
11-15-2003, 08:38 PM
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What problems have you had?
Ok, just got my car back from it's second trip in for service in two weeks. I'm curious if any of you have similar issues.
Last Friday on my way home from work my cars Check Engine light came on. About 1/4 mile later it started idling very rough at a red light. ABout a mile later it died completely and wouldn't start. I called roadside and they sent a guy out. He determined I'd run out of gas (the light had JUST come on and the computer said I had ~35 miles to empty)...put some fuel in it and read the diagnostics. When he reset the engine light the feul gauge didn't work at all. Computer said there was no gas and I had 0 miles to empty. It drove...so I took it home and brought it to the dealer on Monday morning.
Tuesday I picked the car up. Dealer said they had replaced a fuel sensor and all was well. Wednesday morning it died on my wife on her way to work. Roadside came and we had them haul it to the other dealership in town.
Today I picked it up and it honestly feels like it runs MUCH smoother. THe service rep said they replaced both fuel pumps, but the sheet says it was both fuel sensors. (not really a car techie personally....I just drive 'em *smile*) They also performed a recall campaign the first dealer didn't mention.
I'm chaulking this up as primarily a bad dealer experience as I REALLY love the car....but thinking back it has had 2 rather major failures in the ~3 years I've owned it. The ignition system went out about a year and a half ago and had to be replaced. And now the fuel system was acting flaky. I've got a year left under the warrenty so I'm ok now...but I'm sure this stuff isn't cheap to fix once your out of warrenty.
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free? This is my first euro-car and I really wasn't expecting major issues at all with this sorta cash outlay ya see.
Last Friday on my way home from work my cars Check Engine light came on. About 1/4 mile later it started idling very rough at a red light. ABout a mile later it died completely and wouldn't start. I called roadside and they sent a guy out. He determined I'd run out of gas (the light had JUST come on and the computer said I had ~35 miles to empty)...put some fuel in it and read the diagnostics. When he reset the engine light the feul gauge didn't work at all. Computer said there was no gas and I had 0 miles to empty. It drove...so I took it home and brought it to the dealer on Monday morning.
Tuesday I picked the car up. Dealer said they had replaced a fuel sensor and all was well. Wednesday morning it died on my wife on her way to work. Roadside came and we had them haul it to the other dealership in town.
Today I picked it up and it honestly feels like it runs MUCH smoother. THe service rep said they replaced both fuel pumps, but the sheet says it was both fuel sensors. (not really a car techie personally....I just drive 'em *smile*) They also performed a recall campaign the first dealer didn't mention.
I'm chaulking this up as primarily a bad dealer experience as I REALLY love the car....but thinking back it has had 2 rather major failures in the ~3 years I've owned it. The ignition system went out about a year and a half ago and had to be replaced. And now the fuel system was acting flaky. I've got a year left under the warrenty so I'm ok now...but I'm sure this stuff isn't cheap to fix once your out of warrenty.
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free? This is my first euro-car and I really wasn't expecting major issues at all with this sorta cash outlay ya see.
11-15-2003, 09:03 PM
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My 02 CLK55 ///AMG
Thus Far I have had little electronic related problems, nothing which required a tow or a major visit. Currently I am experiencing a problem when I reset my ECU (By removing battery for a couple of hours) the dam windows do not close all the way
I have had high vibration after driving very hard. At times my Bose system volume blast when I turn on the car, And I know I didn't leave it high earlier
Other than that all is well - I can't really complain much - This is one of the most rock solid cars I have ever owned - Being a past 911 owner, I had my problems along that road also - so any production auto is going to have imperfections along the way.
I have had high vibration after driving very hard. At times my Bose system volume blast when I turn on the car, And I know I didn't leave it high earlier
Other than that all is well - I can't really complain much - This is one of the most rock solid cars I have ever owned - Being a past 911 owner, I had my problems along that road also - so any production auto is going to have imperfections along the way.
11-15-2003, 10:29 PM
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Re: What problems have you had?
Originally posted by SaxManiac
Ok, just got my car back from it's second trip in for service in two weeks. I'm curious if any of you have similar issues.
Last Friday on my way home from work my cars Check Engine light came on. About 1/4 mile later it started idling very rough at a red light. ABout a mile later it died completely and wouldn't start. I called roadside and they sent a guy out. He determined I'd run out of gas (the light had JUST come on and the computer said I had ~35 miles to empty)...put some fuel in it and read the diagnostics. When he reset the engine light the feul gauge didn't work at all. Computer said there was no gas and I had 0 miles to empty. It drove...so I took it home and brought it to the dealer on Monday morning.
Tuesday I picked the car up. Dealer said they had replaced a fuel sensor and all was well. Wednesday morning it died on my wife on her way to work. Roadside came and we had them haul it to the other dealership in town.
Today I picked it up and it honestly feels like it runs MUCH smoother. THe service rep said they replaced both fuel pumps, but the sheet says it was both fuel sensors. (not really a car techie personally....I just drive 'em *smile*) They also performed a recall campaign the first dealer didn't mention.
I'm chaulking this up as primarily a bad dealer experience as I REALLY love the car....but thinking back it has had 2 rather major failures in the ~3 years I've owned it. The ignition system went out about a year and a half ago and had to be replaced. And now the fuel system was acting flaky. I've got a year left under the warrenty so I'm ok now...but I'm sure this stuff isn't cheap to fix once your out of warrenty.
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free? This is my first euro-car and I really wasn't expecting major issues at all with this sorta cash outlay ya see.
Ok, just got my car back from it's second trip in for service in two weeks. I'm curious if any of you have similar issues.
Last Friday on my way home from work my cars Check Engine light came on. About 1/4 mile later it started idling very rough at a red light. ABout a mile later it died completely and wouldn't start. I called roadside and they sent a guy out. He determined I'd run out of gas (the light had JUST come on and the computer said I had ~35 miles to empty)...put some fuel in it and read the diagnostics. When he reset the engine light the feul gauge didn't work at all. Computer said there was no gas and I had 0 miles to empty. It drove...so I took it home and brought it to the dealer on Monday morning.
Tuesday I picked the car up. Dealer said they had replaced a fuel sensor and all was well. Wednesday morning it died on my wife on her way to work. Roadside came and we had them haul it to the other dealership in town.
Today I picked it up and it honestly feels like it runs MUCH smoother. THe service rep said they replaced both fuel pumps, but the sheet says it was both fuel sensors. (not really a car techie personally....I just drive 'em *smile*) They also performed a recall campaign the first dealer didn't mention.
I'm chaulking this up as primarily a bad dealer experience as I REALLY love the car....but thinking back it has had 2 rather major failures in the ~3 years I've owned it. The ignition system went out about a year and a half ago and had to be replaced. And now the fuel system was acting flaky. I've got a year left under the warrenty so I'm ok now...but I'm sure this stuff isn't cheap to fix once your out of warrenty.
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free? This is my first euro-car and I really wasn't expecting major issues at all with this sorta cash outlay ya see.
11-17-2003, 10:48 AM
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Re: What problems have you had?
Originally posted by SaxManiac
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free?
Have y'alls CLK55s been pretty worry free?
Well, not really
I worry about getting door dings and speeding tickets 
11-17-2003, 10:54 PM
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The recall is to activate an oil sensor and it's functionality in the main console...or something like that.
My car died again today and was put on a flatbed to the dealer in the rain.
More info as I get it.
My car died again today and was put on a flatbed to the dealer in the rain.
More info as I get it.
11-28-2003, 05:21 PM
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Just a quickie update.
Car is STILL at Park Place Motorcars in Dallas. They've had it since MOnday the 17th. They haven't been able to nail down what the problem is....service rep says they've pulled everything from the tank to the main fuel lines to the pumps and everything inbetween.
As of about an hour ago "it's running" and they wanna hold it until Monday so they can see if the problem resurrects itself.
Service rep called me while I was sitting in an '04 Acura TL discussing pricing with the salesguy. I'm still a little pissed that the Porsche dealer offered me $37k for the car in trade.....and my residual on my original lease was $46k, next December. Sort of wish I hadn't refinanced it...then I could just walk away next winter. Heh.
Car is STILL at Park Place Motorcars in Dallas. They've had it since MOnday the 17th. They haven't been able to nail down what the problem is....service rep says they've pulled everything from the tank to the main fuel lines to the pumps and everything inbetween.
As of about an hour ago "it's running" and they wanna hold it until Monday so they can see if the problem resurrects itself.
Service rep called me while I was sitting in an '04 Acura TL discussing pricing with the salesguy.
I'm still a little pissed that the Porsche dealer offered me $37k for the car in trade.....and my residual on my original lease was $46k, next December. Sort of wish I hadn't refinanced it...then I could just walk away next winter. Heh.
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