Anyone else with persistent problems with their G500?
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2002 G500
Anyone else with persistent problems with their G500?
I just bought a 2002 G500 in 9/07. It had 59,000 miles on it and appeared to be well taken care of. In the past 6 months, we have put on 5000 miles and the following has occured:
door handle replaced
window regulator replaced
door lock actuator replaced
alternator replaced
transmission leak from pan, a sensor- repaired
oil leak from pan, dipstick, and somewhere else- repaired
throttle sensor replaced
transmission control unit replaced
two reverse light bulbs replaced
one brake light replaced
All this has totaled about $6000+. What the ?!$!$??? Is this what we should be expecting or is this just something that we needed to take care of and will hopefully not have any other problems?
door handle replaced
window regulator replaced
door lock actuator replaced
alternator replaced
transmission leak from pan, a sensor- repaired
oil leak from pan, dipstick, and somewhere else- repaired
throttle sensor replaced
transmission control unit replaced
two reverse light bulbs replaced
one brake light replaced
All this has totaled about $6000+. What the ?!$!$??? Is this what we should be expecting or is this just something that we needed to take care of and will hopefully not have any other problems?
Last edited by hansell; Apr 5, 2008 at 01:55 PM.
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2000 MB G500 NMLE, 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Prestige
I just bought a 2002 G500 in 9/07. It had 59,000 miles on it and appeared to be well taken care of. In the past 6 months, we have put on 5000 miles and the following has occured:
door handle replaced
window regulator replaced
door lock actuator replaced
alternator replaced
transmission leak from pan, a sensor- repaired
oil leak from pan, dipstick, and somewhere else- repaired
throttle sensor replaced
transmission control unit replaced
two reverse light bulbs replaced
one brake light replaced
All this has totaled about $6000+. What the ?!$!$??? Is this what we should be expecting or is this just something that we needed to take care of and will hopefully not have any other problems?
door handle replaced
window regulator replaced
door lock actuator replaced
alternator replaced
transmission leak from pan, a sensor- repaired
oil leak from pan, dipstick, and somewhere else- repaired
throttle sensor replaced
transmission control unit replaced
two reverse light bulbs replaced
one brake light replaced
All this has totaled about $6000+. What the ?!$!$??? Is this what we should be expecting or is this just something that we needed to take care of and will hopefully not have any other problems?
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2002 G500
So if I have now replaced everything with new parts, do you think that I will continue to have problems with it? I am debating on keeping versus selling at this point. I just have not found anything else that I would want to replace it with and I will take a big loss if I sell it now. Any advice would be great
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2000 MB G500 NMLE, 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI Prestige
So if I have now replaced everything with new parts, do you think that I will continue to have problems with it? I am debating on keeping versus selling at this point. I just have not found anything else that I would want to replace it with and I will take a big loss if I sell it now. Any advice would be great
Some of the other electrical issues can require a brain and cluster transplant to a late 2003 or 2004 ECU and cluster. This, too, seems to have put an end to many of the electrical glitches.
I have a friend who owned 2 or 3 2002's; and now owns a 2000 and a 2005 or 2006. He says that he would never recommend anyone to buy a 2002. His list of repairs on the 2002's included enough pages to make a book.
