W164 Issues
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W164 Issues
I had dinner with a member of the dealer service support team at the Vance assembly plant last week. In our discussions, the following items came up:
1.) They are working on what they hope is a solution to all hard shifting and gear wandering problems with the 7G-Tronic transmission. It will not be available until September at the earliest.
2.) They do not, as yet, have a solution for the Air-Matic Suspension compressor failures. They have been able to extend the time before failure; but not completely eliminate it. As a result, he recommends to new buyers that they do not order Air-Matic on any new cars at this time; unless the owner is prepared for expensive repairs after the warranty expires.
Interesting!
1.) They are working on what they hope is a solution to all hard shifting and gear wandering problems with the 7G-Tronic transmission. It will not be available until September at the earliest.
2.) They do not, as yet, have a solution for the Air-Matic Suspension compressor failures. They have been able to extend the time before failure; but not completely eliminate it. As a result, he recommends to new buyers that they do not order Air-Matic on any new cars at this time; unless the owner is prepared for expensive repairs after the warranty expires.
Interesting!
Last edited by DUTCH; Mar 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM.
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His 2019 RAM Cummins Turbo Diesel Laramie; Her's 2007 ML320 CDI P3; Mine BMW R1200R
WHAT???? OK, Mine has the Airmatic and 7G tranny. All I know is Mercedes will be covering any issues I have with this for a long time...That's why courts were invented.
Why offer these options if they are failure prone???
Why offer these options if they are failure prone???
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I really don't know WHY MB launched such a fatal SBC to endanger her fans' lives.
( SBC was discontinued by MB in mid 2006, YES!!!)
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SBC was perfected for the last models. Warranty is extended for 10 years, too.
I think Mercedes discontinued it
1. to send a message to Bosch
2. as part of decontenting to cope with falling value of dollar.
I think Mercedes discontinued it
1. to send a message to Bosch
2. as part of decontenting to cope with falling value of dollar.
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Here's some SBC info, DUTCH: http://www.whnet.com/4x4/sbc.html
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