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Old Mar 25, 2020 | 12:34 PM
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Thumbs down only 600 Miles and the **** hit the fan !

Driving across swiss montains this morning, engine warm,, oil warm, coolant warm, all ok !
Then all of suddend yellow light signaling low coolant level
Another 3 miles, red alert, stop the engine

well, whe you are in the middle of nowhere... you really don't smile

This said Mercedes customer service was there in less than an hour.
Diagnostic : heavy leakage of coolant
Truck will come and take the car to the dealer within 2 hours

Furthermore, difficult to start the engine sometimes - need to press 3-4 times the ignition button
Cruise control does not click sometimes.....

Was offered a car for the duration of repairs but prefered to be driven directly home.
Will use my BMW cars during the coming days

WTF on a +200K USD and less than 600 miles

They better fix all this fast..... otherwise.....

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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 12:09 PM
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Really sorry to hear that, hope all items will get addressed.
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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 05:37 PM
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Very sorry you had such a bad experience!! I'm sure they will take care of it for you

Take care and stay healthy!
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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 11:39 PM
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Possible rock into the intercooler? Common issue unfortunately
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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 12:36 PM
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HI guys

problem solved. It was just that one of the hose in the cooling system that was not clipped properly. As the engine became hot due to the trip in the mountains, high pressure in the system, just push the hose out of the connector
Factory issue. Hope someone will get a strong remark for not controlling this properly

for the difficulty to start the engine I mentioned, the dealer recommended that my handbag containing the key should not be stored on the rear seat to avoir poor connection. Tried it three times, it works.

Remain the cruise control. Will test it again, might be my ignorance on how to use this device properly

Anyhow the baby is back home already and I have to say that Mercedes road assistance and the dealer did all what they could to help me and repair this car in less than 48 hours
Very happy about that. My frustration expressed in the titile of this post has been swallowed.

Hoping a good ride tomorrow despite Coronvirus. We can still drive in Swittzerland.

Nice weekend to all and be careful with this virus that kills too many of our friends

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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 02:40 PM
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This reminds me of my first day experience. I got a call on the way to the dealership to pick up a car. The message is not inspiring - car had failed inspection and there is faulty lights module that dealer is ordering to ship from Cali. This delayed pick up by couple of days to discover the that fault was in a poorly plugged in module. Problem was gone after module was set correctly.
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Good to hear all seems to be fixed. In these crazy times, it is good to drive around (without meeting other people close by of course)!

Happy driving!
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Originally Posted by BERNIE
Driving across swiss montains this morning, engine warm,, oil warm, coolant warm, all ok !
Then all of suddend yellow light signaling low coolant level
Another 3 miles, red alert, stop the engine

well, whe you are in the middle of nowhere... you really don't smile

This said Mercedes customer service was there in less than an hour.
Diagnostic : heavy leakage of coolant
Truck will come and take the car to the dealer within 2 hours

Furthermore, difficult to start the engine sometimes - need to press 3-4 times the ignition button
Cruise control does not click sometimes.....

Was offered a car for the duration of repairs but prefered to be driven directly home.
Will use my BMW cars during the coming days

WTF on a +200K USD and less than 600 miles

They better fix all this fast..... otherwise.....
**** happens and it can happen with any car , any manufacturer.
Disintegrated piston in my brother's Lexus at 400 miles or exploded fuel pump in my E55 Kompressor at exactly 600 miles.
Just bad luck.....
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