CLS Brakedown Update
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CLS Brakedown Update
If anyone didnt see my post yesterday its a few down "Mercedes is worst car ever" Anyways, heres a quick update. Im just laying down for my afternoon nap, get all comfortable and throw on the HD. As Im drifting off into lala land, my service manager calls me and tells me that they want to replace the entire transmission of the vehicle. Now mind you, the car is 1.5 weeks old and 400 miles on it! He was like I think you need to call your salesguy up and see what they want to do about this situation. Now MB + My dealership due to many problems with my 2004 e500 and topped off with a case of brake failure which essentially led them to buying back that vehicle and swapping it out for this CLS500. Now once again, I really am not wanting a car thats a week old with less than 500 miles and there telling me its 18k for the transmission job; lol can that be accurate? Anyone got a price on a new cls500 transmission? Now what would you do if after a year of problems with the e500; lets not forget they had my car at there service center for like 3 months as I paid out 800+ and drove around in a c230. Now they make good and replace the car, and a week later that car falls apart on you. They tell me there meeting with corporate tomorrow and don't foresee a problem with having the car replaced; although these people lie through there teeth so I'm not holding my breathe.
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Originally Posted by fazooley
They tell me there meeting with corporate tomorrow and don't foresee a problem with having the car replaced; although these people lie through there teeth so I'm not holding my breathe. fazooley
Oh, one more thing. With your luck in cars, maybe it’s time to see a priest. In Italian it’s called mal occhio (evil eye).
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Originally Posted by aniantchev
If you are not paying out of pocket, who cares?
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Originally Posted by aniantchev
If you are not paying out of pocket, who cares?
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i'd get them to either replace the car if your willing to give benz a third try to just get your money back and get a different car. how did u like the CLS when it worked?
ps. should'nt they reimburse you for your car payment while its at the shop for such an extended period of time
ps. should'nt they reimburse you for your car payment while its at the shop for such an extended period of time
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Originally Posted by moa4r
i'd get them to either replace the car if your willing to give benz a third try to just get your money back and get a different car. how did u like the CLS when it worked?
ps. should'nt they reimburse you for your car payment while its at the shop for such an extended period of time
ps. should'nt they reimburse you for your car payment while its at the shop for such an extended period of time
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Now there trying to tell me that they will have a new, not rebuilt transmission in the shop on Monday morning and there supposedly some special techs coming in to replace the transmission. Im at such a loss for words at this point, Im thinking of just contacting a lawyer and getting all my money back and just leaving mb all together.
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Originally Posted by fazooley
I mean Im A total MB enthusiast, and absolutely love there cars and the status symbol they ooze as your on the road. However reliability it seems in the past few years has taken a total downfall. I love the CLS and feel its a great looking car and drives wonderful, much better than my w211. You would think they would reimburse me for the difference or my payment, however I guess they feel a c230 is equivalent to my cls500 or e500. In any event I will not be going through this again, tomorow when I go down there it will either be a new CLS or a loaner CLS until they figure out whats gonna go down.
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How can you love MBs when they have failed you twice? Try driving a C230 for three weeks when your CL or SL600 is repeatedly in for repairs. Personally, I've purchased my last mercedes.
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That is too bad, sorry to hear about your terrible luck with MB. Mine has been less than stellar quality wise, but mostly little annoything things.
I was really excited about the CLS. and MB in general, claiming to have cleaned up the QC. Too bad.
If its any consequence, my M3 was out of commission for almost 2 months, as they had to replace the SMG tranny (28K). They broke the first one they got in 1 week, and went to reorder another, and there were none left in the world.. had to wait 4 weeks for one to be built from Getrag... I should have lemoned the car, but oh well. Sold it and lost about 1.5K.
Good luck with the CLS - hope it all works out in the end.
I was really excited about the CLS. and MB in general, claiming to have cleaned up the QC. Too bad.
If its any consequence, my M3 was out of commission for almost 2 months, as they had to replace the SMG tranny (28K). They broke the first one they got in 1 week, and went to reorder another, and there were none left in the world.. had to wait 4 weeks for one to be built from Getrag... I should have lemoned the car, but oh well. Sold it and lost about 1.5K.
Good luck with the CLS - hope it all works out in the end.
