how is the quality on these cars thinking of a s500?
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W221 2013 s550 Rwd
i would say quality is good, just have to look out for common issues ..like airmatic air suspension (biggest issue), check to see if the strut tops are updated or check if airmatic has ever been worked on. crank sensors are another common failure but thats relatively cheap fix, other issues are like instrument cluster failure, cheap plastic interior parts, etc...i kno theres more..dont remember right now . if you find one thats maintained you, it should be fine. my friend has an 01 s500 with 160k miles. he had airmatic issues and crank sensor failure..not bad. im sure everyone else will chime in and add to this.! hopefully this helps
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year, airmatic
crank sensor
transmission stuck in park
unresponsive electronic accelerator pedal
seem to be the most common issues. There are reasonable cost fixes to all these, assuming you dont have a MB dealer sell all new assemblies.
crank sensor
transmission stuck in park
unresponsive electronic accelerator pedal
seem to be the most common issues. There are reasonable cost fixes to all these, assuming you dont have a MB dealer sell all new assemblies.
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2005 S500 4-Matic, 1978 450SL
See http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220...-look-out.html, and be sure to read the whole string.