s600 owners: what has been your repair costs.. good or bad... over the last 5 years?
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s600 owners: what has been your repair costs.. good or bad... over the last 5 years?
Let's hear your repair costs, the good, the bad for the s600.
I hear lots of stories regrading bad experiences. Other stories I heat are fine. I don't know of its a case of a vocal minority of of all these cars are bad so plplease do share regardless of experience.
I hear lots of stories regrading bad experiences. Other stories I heat are fine. I don't know of its a case of a vocal minority of of all these cars are bad so plplease do share regardless of experience.
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Its the nature of internet forums that people are quick to say when something goes wrong, but slow to say that nothing happens.
For example, everyone says avoid the N/A S600 and go for the 600 TT instead.
Well I've owned two NA cars which were almost faultless, and one TT where lots went wrong. But the only really expensive things have been the coil packs and the ABC pump, so its not been cheap or easy, but its not been that bad.
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For example, everyone says avoid the N/A S600 and go for the 600 TT instead.
Well I've owned two NA cars which were almost faultless, and one TT where lots went wrong. But the only really expensive things have been the coil packs and the ABC pump, so its not been cheap or easy, but its not been that bad.
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2005 S600 2005 SL600
Two and a half years and 20,000 miles.
Repairs: two front struts, leaking o-ring on ABC pump, two front control arms, oil level sensor. About $5K. All covered under extended warranty/service contract that cost me $3K and covered the car for two years.
Maintenance, all done by me: two oil changes (about $65 for Mobil 1 0W40 and a genuine filter). Air filters ($75). Serpentine belt and tensioner (replaced coolant while I had the hoses off, $100) Transmission fluid, filter and connector ($100). Differential fluid ($25 in Mobil 1 gear oil). New brakes, front and rear, pads (Akebono) rotors (MB), flush brake fluid, (MB) about $600. Flush of ABC and PS fluid, $200 in CHF-11s, another $70 in filters. New tires, Michelin Pilot AS3 $900 mounted and balanced.
Ive gone through quite a lot of gasoline (Shell Premium only), a bit of leather conditioner and Griot's Best in Show wax, and some washer fluid.
The car has run flawlessly for its two and a half years with me. A fantastic road trip machine with incredible smoothness and power. It is simply like no other car in the world. It costs me more to run than the Corolla, but it's SO WORTH IT!
Repairs: two front struts, leaking o-ring on ABC pump, two front control arms, oil level sensor. About $5K. All covered under extended warranty/service contract that cost me $3K and covered the car for two years.
Maintenance, all done by me: two oil changes (about $65 for Mobil 1 0W40 and a genuine filter). Air filters ($75). Serpentine belt and tensioner (replaced coolant while I had the hoses off, $100) Transmission fluid, filter and connector ($100). Differential fluid ($25 in Mobil 1 gear oil). New brakes, front and rear, pads (Akebono) rotors (MB), flush brake fluid, (MB) about $600. Flush of ABC and PS fluid, $200 in CHF-11s, another $70 in filters. New tires, Michelin Pilot AS3 $900 mounted and balanced.
Ive gone through quite a lot of gasoline (Shell Premium only), a bit of leather conditioner and Griot's Best in Show wax, and some washer fluid.
The car has run flawlessly for its two and a half years with me. A fantastic road trip machine with incredible smoothness and power. It is simply like no other car in the world. It costs me more to run than the Corolla, but it's SO WORTH IT!
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coil packs, coil packs, coil packs, middle transformer, water pump, abc pump, random abc lines, idler pulley breaking, tensioner breaking. Spark plugs fouling, did I mention coil packs?
Tune it with catless downpipes and it's goes like a raped-aped.
Tune it with catless downpipes and it's goes like a raped-aped.
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Have you had bad luck with coil packs? The ones I'm looking at at original at 75k and 99k. I just assume they will eventually fail, but it seems like a replacement should last a while.
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75k and 99k cars would normally have had the coil packs done which means they have been upgraded. This is normally a one time fix from what I understand. Look for the ABC parts and the coil packs on the maintenance records and if they have been dealt with, that is a good sign. Almost everything else is just general maintenance that you will have with any high mileage second hand car.
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75k and 99k cars would normally have had the coil packs done which means they have been upgraded. This is normally a one time fix from what I understand. Look for the ABC parts and the coil packs on the maintenance records and if they have been dealt with, that is a good sign. Almost everything else is just general maintenance that you will have with any high mileage second hand car.
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It is a fantastically engineered, absolute top tier German sedan for its day ( and today).
Proper maintenance and up keep will never be cheap.
As stated, if you are handy and can do preventive maintenance yourself you cost drop expenses dramatically.
But parts are expensive.
I look at it this way, reduced buy in and the ability to enjoy a fantastic car for the price of basic transportation balanced with higher than average upkeep and fuel costs.
And let's not forget that in the end you are driving a V12 S class.
What's that worth to you?
Proper maintenance and up keep will never be cheap.
As stated, if you are handy and can do preventive maintenance yourself you cost drop expenses dramatically.
But parts are expensive.
I look at it this way, reduced buy in and the ability to enjoy a fantastic car for the price of basic transportation balanced with higher than average upkeep and fuel costs.
And let's not forget that in the end you are driving a V12 S class.
What's that worth to you?
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It's been 7 months now since I got mine, and no major problems. However, some things you might want to watch out for are suspension problems. Mines already starting to show some problems and I should get it checked out very soon.....
