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I currently own a GLC300 I sold my 98' corvette last year and really missed having a sporty convertible to cruise around in and one of my clients mentioned he was selling his '07 SL550 with only 12K miles on it was always dealer maintained he only used it as a summer driver and put about 1K year on it the beast drives like a brand new car everything works the only negative on the car is in 2012 someone hit his rear quarter in the parking lot so the rear quarter and bumper have been repainted which for my eye I certainly cant tell it was ever repaired it still has the original rubber all the way around with plenty of tread what a difference I've always had soft top convertibles which are very noisy on the highway the hardtop is awesome! anyway I just wanted to share my excitement!
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HAVE YOUR DEALER EVALUATE THE BATTERY CONTROL MODULE ASAP AS THIS IS A KNOWN FIRE HAZARD ON THE 230 SL SERIES. THERE HAVE BEEN TRUNK FIRES THE CAUSED GARAGE FIRES DUE TO THAT PARTICULAR PART AS YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT IN ANOTHER THREAD O THIS FORUM.


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That's a beautiful car! I have one just like it.
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Originally Posted by bob55
HAVE YOUR DEALER EVALUATE THE BATTERY CONTROL MODULE ASAP AS THIS IS A KNOWN FIRE HAZARD ON THE 230 SL SERIES. THERE HAVE BEEN TRUNK FIRES THE CAUSED GARAGE FIRES DUE TO THAT PARTICULAR PART AS YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT IN ANOTHER THREAD O THIS FORUM.
I looked at the service records that was done at the dealer thank you!
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