E63 reliability
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E63 reliability
I'm about to finalize a deal on a new 2015 E63 wagon. No cars are trouble free, but I have been lucky with all of the cars I've owned. I've owned BMWs, Audis and Japanese brands before that and never once had any issues with any of them. I am new to the Merc world and in last couple days I've been absorbing lot of info on this forum. What is the overall reliability of E63s? The 3rd gear clunk on the other thread is scary, and something I'd consider unacceptable for a new car regardless of price and brand.
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'11 E63
Of course you might run into something here and there, thats what warranty is for.
Perform scheduled maintenance, dont cheap out on her either. If you just follow that, they're very very reliable. They're basically supercar class cars with the power we have, and I see 100k+ miles on them all the time. What other car with over 500 HP stock can you say that about?
Perform scheduled maintenance, dont cheap out on her either. If you just follow that, they're very very reliable. They're basically supercar class cars with the power we have, and I see 100k+ miles on them all the time. What other car with over 500 HP stock can you say that about?
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2014 E63S; AMS 100 octane ECU dyno tune; EDOK TCU tune; BB intakes; sprintbooster
How do you define reliable?
Turns on and is drivable everyday... Check.
Will it have little issues crop up once in a while -- absolutely. These are complex machines and designs and will have little things fail
Since new, I had a crankshaft sensor replaced, my left intake tore and is being replaced, had the software updated on my tcu. Annoying but none of this affected the ability of the car to drive as intended
I do NOT routinely see 100k+ amg's at all... And if I do, they have lots of very costly problems that are out of warranty. Or if they are over 100k miles it's owned by a very tech and mechanically savvy owner who can do much of the maintenance and repairs himself. Yet with these ever evolving and complex amg organisms parts continue to be very expensive
Never own an amg out of warranty is the common theme here
Turns on and is drivable everyday... Check.
Will it have little issues crop up once in a while -- absolutely. These are complex machines and designs and will have little things fail
Since new, I had a crankshaft sensor replaced, my left intake tore and is being replaced, had the software updated on my tcu. Annoying but none of this affected the ability of the car to drive as intended
I do NOT routinely see 100k+ amg's at all... And if I do, they have lots of very costly problems that are out of warranty. Or if they are over 100k miles it's owned by a very tech and mechanically savvy owner who can do much of the maintenance and repairs himself. Yet with these ever evolving and complex amg organisms parts continue to be very expensive
Never own an amg out of warranty is the common theme here
Last edited by PeterUbers; Apr 27, 2015 at 10:42 AM.
