As much as I love frequenting these forums, I probably won't be purchasing another merc as I've come to realize Mercedes dealers are of no help and Mercedes corporate give less of a ****. I had a clicking noise that would only exist between 30-38 mph when the accelerator is pressed, from front right and would last about 25 mins from start. By the time I would get to the dealer it was gone. Until next cold start...what really ticked me off was it forced me drive either faster or slower than I would've liked, so I wouldnt hear that damn thing.

Dealers response. "We can't fix nothing til we hear it!"

Although I understand, they didn't even bother to troubleshoot despite the clicking noise sounding like a faulty fuel pump...with the exception of driving the car for 100 miles (no kidding) and coming back shrugging their shoulders with the tank at empty.

 

It will only get worse, I had mine in the shop for all the "fixes" and the noises never went away.

 

I hope you're wrong! I have one more noise to go and she'll be perfect.
Hopefully my GT-R will be built better

 

When is your car going in for the fix? Tell them to do exactly what my service guy did. Hope it fix it!

 

The car was back in this week. The big noise was a latch in the rear hatch. They did hear another noise in the back of the car. They have ordered a new rear strut and will install it. The service writer said Mercedes controls the flow of fixes. They can be stubborn in Deutschland. Hopefully this gets me down to one or two creaks and noises. I would normally trade the car in and move on, but I want to give this GTs some more time.

 

I understand this can be frustrating when you buy a car at this price to have those issues but it is a brand new model and first year cars always have issues regardless of the manufacturer.
As long as MB Headquarters and the dealer are taking care of the issues the right way, then I feel the hate some people are portraying about the car is a somewhat unfounded.
If the P fanboys can handle a motor replacement on a brand new 911GT3 then I think we should be able to deal with noises...
AHI: do you mind sharing pics and your thoughts on the Renntech coils?

 

i believe he will do a full write-up review for the renntech coils shortly on a separate thread

 

Ok picked up the car after having turbotonees fix.... Got rid of the small metal noise, but now I have an even bigger metal noise, like a piece of metal is rattling on another piece of metal. Mostly in Sport+, and bumpy roads. It's loud too. This one I cannot stand, at all.

Sum it up. Dropped off to the dealer to fix unbearable noise #1, got the car back with noise 1, but they added noise 2. Noise 1 was fixed when right rear strut was replaced. Noise 2 remained. Dropped it back off with the fix turbotonee posted to get rid of 2, which I think worked, but now I have a 10 time louder noise 3.

They did fix my wind noise coming from the drivers window.

Kill me.

 

Sorry to hear Is the noise something you can capture on video with good audio? Just want to hear what this "noise" is that you have.

 

At least they fixed the wind noise, did they tell you what was wrong?

 

What's strange is that dealer didn't hear that louder noise on test drive after.

The good news is that it's easier to find source of 10x noise than a smaller buzz or creak at least. Hopefully this is last one Ahi.

 

That is really frustrating to hear that the dealer cannot fix this the first time around. It does not look like an edition 1 so I wonder when this car was made. You would think that after a year of production, MB would get it right.

 

Sounds like his dealer truly cares, which is surprising really.

 

They do care. Great dealer. Mercedes Benz of Maple. They even gave me their AMG tech for 45 mins while we drove the car together to figure out the noises.

After 3-4 days, I cannot get it to make that new noise anymore.

So for now, I'm 100% good.

 

sounds like your new springs settled in and the noise was fixed from the suspension update

 

Yup. She rubs now on big bumps in the back with my meaty 305-30-20 CUP2's... Love it

 

great news that dealer got it fixed.
Now where's the write up on the renntech springs ?

 

+1

 

Any details on how the dealer got rid of the wind noise? I have having this issue as well. Thanks!

 

I spoke too soon.

Wind noise is back, just comes at higher speeds now.

Renntech write up coming up soon.

 

Car rattles and creaks are driving me up the wall. Has anyone considered paying out of pocket for a full car dynamat install?

 

I did that once. Was really hard. Adds weight as well.

 

Can I pay someone to do it? Will Mercedes try to void the engine warranty if I have non certified people work on the car?

 

My wind noise is back after having the seal replaced. It's super loud when it rains for some reason.

 

So I loved the GTR, and I was tentatively planning on ordering it...but all these complaints of noises are making me wonder if I should get a Porsche instead....