rusbel

When your $90K car has it's steering rack replaced at 10000miles, leaks oil from the valve cover gasket at 39000...yeah, I drive it like I stole it, but still...Great car to drive, but only to lease, never to own, especially past warranty period...I was looking forward to the new C63 but will reconsider....

DirtyVegasMB

All cars have issues... Our Jag, BMW, Audi, and MB all had issues. As long as they are resolved then I'm ok, but agree that it sucks. You can always go for the Lexus?

http://www.lexus.com/isf/?s_ocid=pdsrch

OXOJE55

Cheer up,
Things happen to all the cars out there.
It could cost 10,000 or 100,000,000 ***** happenes.

Yacht Master

You don't know disappointed, R&R on the rack 2.7 hrs with alignment, valve cover gaskets 1.3 hrs. So in 39,000 miles your car has been worked on under warranty for less than 5 hours. Please by all means reconsider the lexus.

Marcus Frost

You drive a Camaro and are complaining about MB reliability? That's a trip. This coming from a guy who just had his entire rear end replaced on his Z06 without once taking the car to the drag strip or road course, and is far from driving it like he stole it.

-m

Goatspeed

Wow, you realize replacing the valve cover gasket means there is nothing wrong with your engine, your engine was not damaged because of the faulty gasket and that it is one of the most easy replaced items?

I'd love it if on all my cars one of the only problems I had was to replace the VCG.

Let me know when there's a car out there that is 100% certain to be problem free....and has 400-500 hp on tap.

stevebez

Nice car this - like the design and decent power for N/A with all the latest tech, gotta like the 8sp slush box tho !!!

No doubt someone going to TT this thing to 1000HP.....

Fast55

+1. Let's see, mine is also a 2006 and has had an oil sensor replaced, it's been in for the transmission 3+ times, CD changer was replaced once, hesitation, squeeking brakes, droning exhaust at freeway speeds, and a self-opening trunk (no, I'm not kidding). Now the pano roof is starting to rattle and I'm at 12K miles. Want to trade?

mbprince

Mine has been pretty good overall but I am getting ready to take it in for the 3rd time because when I fill the gas tank up my entire garage smells like gas - very strong - until I get the car down below 3/4 tank. grrrrr




and what about the letter from MB stating that for 04 models the SOS function will no longer work after 1/1/08 because it's analog?? Only about $2000 to upgrade that - double grrrrrrr

MB_Forever

Although Lexus (and Acura) do have great reliability and much better customer service, they still don't give you the feel that Mercedes Benz vehicles do. There is just something about Mercedes that excites the soul. I have nothing against Lexus. I owned one for 10 years (170,000 miles) and never had ONE PROBLEM with it: no transmission change, no electronic problems, nothing........ but just can't explain my love for the BENZ....

The best thing to resolve a problem like yours is to make sure you stay under some kind of extended warranty; let the warranty company pay for it......

KA8

I feel ya my Power steering was replaced at 400 miles.

This thread gives a great reason for mb fanboys to unite.

rusbel

5 hours?....the car has been in for 9 hours today...I wonder what that would cost without warranty

rusbel

Actually my camaro has heads and cam done, has drag radials, runs high 11's and still has the original 10 bolt..over 45ooo miles and counting...has only been to the dealer once for a pinion seal leak....so what's your point? My camaro cost 30 K brand new and L+D is hell of a lot cheaper then on on a 90K MB...thats the real "trip"

rusbel

My point exactly...stuff like CD changer and moonroof should break on KIAs, not on E55...

rusbel

I agree...never said I didn't love to drive the car...just thought that for the amount of money we pay for these cars we have the right to expect better quality...this is my first MB..my prior car was a 2001 Lexus GS300...I traded it in with 156k and NEVER had mechanical or electrical issues

MB_Forever

I agree, with you......... For the prices they charge, Mercedes need to work a lot harder on their quality control and especially on their customer service.....

Marcus Frost

I've had 3 E55s, and they've all been pretty good. I had a MAF go out on my W210, and my W211 had a bad intercooler pump, broken sunroof track, and some other stupid stuff. You will not find another 500hp car that is trouble free, period. I don't care who you buy it from. You aren't paying for "rock-solid-never-a-single-problem-reliability" - you are paying for a premium mid-size luxury sedan packed with technology and supercar performance. A leaky gasket and a faulty steering rack for 40k miles is hardly something to gripe about especially if you are driving the sh*t out of it. My Z06 was over $70k (and '08s are $80k) and the build quality and reliability on it has not absolutely stellar either - cars got 12k miles and seen PLENTY of time at the shop, and I do not drive it hard.

You have to pay to play in the 500hp world, no matter who makes the car. Also, high price tag != toyota corolla reliability.

-m

nick 55

I agree with marcus, you have to pay to play.

That being said, get t-boned or hit head on(NOT LITERALLY), in the Lexus or Acura, and see if they hold up like a Benz. Of course, safety isn't important because we are all safe drivers here

RJC

Most MB's will have issues, some serious and some not or both and it doesn't matter if it's a 500 hp E63 or a 228 hp C300.... The same is to be said of any brand even Lexus.
We've all paid to play...it's called the price of admission, and the debit in your bank account is your ticket stub!

rusbel

Nobody is talking about " never a single problem"..but c'mon...a steering rack at 10k and a puddle of oil under the car at 39k?!?! ( trans oil and oil pan were leaking too btw once they cracked it open )...That's just embarrasing!...Part of the reason we buy these cars is for the prestige...Imagine pulling up to a nice restaurant with yor wife or gf and leaving a puddle of oil under the car...NICE!!! I am ok with this stuff happening at 80k or 100k but not this early...oh, and I would never pay 80 k for a chevy or a dodge..but that's just me

user 76208202

If the IS-F had come out a couple years ago....it's under powerd compared to the C63, and boring compared to the M3 IMO. Lexus's or any Jap car in that matter are great. Only problem with my Z is the annoying noises. There will always be a + and - about anycar IMO. But wish you the best with the Benzo.

tommy25000

+ 1.

cars break. especially when you drive it like you stole it!

Marcus Frost

My friend I'm not giving Mercedes the "OK" to make cars that have problems - I'm just saying that in the case with ANY company, there are cars that have problems. With 500hp and driver beating the crap out of the car, that possibility is magnified greatly. I am surprised the owner of a GM product would be so hard on MB. The Z06 by luxury/technology standards is mediocre at best - and inspite of being much more geared for hard driving, it is relatively as reliable as my E55, maybe even less so - and I would say I drive the Z06 harder than the E55 because I only take out at night and on weekends when I'm looking to really drive. I'm sorry you are disappointed, but my point is to put things in perspective. You want to drive the **** out of a 500hp 4000lb luxury car, some stuff might break.

I've had 2 W211 E55s and never had any kind of problem like you've had. Even with the problems you've had, I wouldn't complain - my dealership has taken very good care of me with all my MBs and my MBs have rewarded me dispite their sometimes quirky reliability with all the things we've all come to love about them.

Just my $.02

-m

Adi_V

Behh.. my car sucks.. its a lemon.. but im in love with it..
*daydreaming about my car*

best of all.. its a benz =]