With the first E55s going out of warranty (my 02's initial warranty period just ended, though the extended warranty continues), have any of you thought of doing your own service? Sometime soon the workshop manuals should be available on CD from MBUSA for $130 or less.

 

MB,
I checked the Bentley site but as you suggest it may be early.

I'd certainly be interested if you find one, I can't even figure out how to get the air filters out.
Mike

 

While I bought the extended warranty on my 2002, I would like to do some of the basic stuff myself. When will the MBZ CD be available for the 2002s?

 

Mercedes couldn't tell me when the CD would be out. Not even a guess.

I bought the extended warranty for my '02 too, but it doesn't cover anything (and there's a $95 charge to have the dealer tell you a problem isn't covered) and I put 25,000 miles on the car in a year, so the extended warranty won't last long.

This is one of the finest cars I've ever driven; I plan to keep driving it till it falls apart.

 

I have heard that the CD Repair manuels only come out after the chassis has been out of production for 10 years. Don't know if that is true., but the W124 ended in 1995 and I have not seen a CD manual.

 

The W124 CD-ROM has been out for at least a couple years. I'm not sure about the 210 or the 208s, however.

 

According to MBUSA, they're working on putting ALL manuals on CD. W210 paper manual is not available (NLA?), and they can't tell me when the CD will be out.