Speedo Went Out
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Speedo Went Out
I know this topic has been brought up, I haven't seen it come around recently. Anyway driving home today it went dark and needles stuck at their last postion followed by a burning smell. I called the dealer,I know they are covered from 10 years or so. They are giving me a hard time trying to verify the VIN and see if it fall in that range. Car is a 2001 S500. Has anybody been able to get a loaner in this case, or shed any more light on it...as I am in school and it will be difficult for me to bum rides..Or just get it fixed over spring break.
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I know this topic has been brought up, I haven't seen it come around recently. Anyway driving home today it went dark and needles stuck at their last postion followed by a burning smell. I called the dealer,I know they are covered from 10 years or so. They are giving me a hard time trying to verify the VIN and see if it fall in that range. Car is a 2001 S500. Has anybody been able to get a loaner in this case, or shed any more light on it...as I am in school and it will be difficult for me to bum rides..Or just get it fixed over spring break.
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The "recall" was replaced by MB extending the warranty on the instrument cluster in the U.S. for ALL W220 and W215 (S-Class and CL-Class) to 10 years from initial date of service. It has nothing to do with the VIN. Tell your dealer to quit researching recall, and get on to the extended warranty information he should have.
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http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...callsearch.cfm
Type in your vehicle info and you'll clearly see instrument cluster recall. As skylaw said, tell the to quit pucking around!!! It's covered by MB not out of the dealerships pockets.
Type in your vehicle info and you'll clearly see instrument cluster recall. As skylaw said, tell the to quit pucking around!!! It's covered by MB not out of the dealerships pockets.
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Yeah I don't know why they are making such a issue of it, last time it went and was on the STAR diagnostic, the tech showed me that it was saying the instrument cluster wasn't comunicating with the car. At that time it still lit up, and the service advisor did nothing about it. Now I called they want me to bring the car in waste a day to say if it qualifies.
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I know this topic has been brought up, I haven't seen it come around recently. Anyway driving home today it went dark and needles stuck at their last postion followed by a burning smell. I called the dealer,I know they are covered from 10 years or so. They are giving me a hard time trying to verify the VIN and see if it fall in that range. Car is a 2001 S500. Has anybody been able to get a loaner in this case, or shed any more light on it...as I am in school and it will be difficult for me to bum rides..Or just get it fixed over spring break.
Thanks
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There is NO VIN range. MB sent everyone w/ '00-'03 or '04 a letter extending the warranty on all cars in that date range, not just a certain VIN range. It was originally based on VINs, but after a number of us complained to the National Highway Safety Administration MB just made it for all cars for ten years.
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I have an '05 and received the letter also. I do not believe MB even limited the years of production; and the letters would have been sent to owners for which MB had record addresses. However, the warranty is not dependent on receipt of the letter. It applies to all W220s and W215s in the U.S.
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hopefully i can get it resolved quickly, it is a small dealership so i doubt they have one in stock. i hate to drive it, because the turn signals aren't working either. thanks for the posts i'll keep you all updated.
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That is an unsafe situation and you should impress that on the dealer! I believe I posted a copy of the letter some time ago. Let me try to post it again. Just click on the letter and it will expand.
