Looks like the problem has been solved by the main dealers but would like some feedback on the subject! i am sick of the main dealers to so need a rant!
was accelerating heavy one day and engine diagnostic light came on, the engine lost power from then on and at low speeds the engine was vibrating ( cylinder not firing) - took the car in to merc after doing about 30 miles like this and they charged me £102 for basically doing nout! the mechanic said unit 6 was not firing so cleaned the fuel rail out and the top of the injector? whatever that means and it was ok - light was reset.
This happened again a few months after again after heavy accerleration where i took it into the dealers at a different location and after an hour looking said they could see nothing, they reset the light and i did not get charged.
It happened again last week a couple of months after the last one and i took it in to the same dealer as before. They said it was not firing on unit no 2.
They proceded to change both ht leads for that unit, after having to order the parts in. The car was meant to be ready for 10am next day as i was going down south. 12 came and it was still not ready. Eventually the car was test run by the mechanics and it still wasnt running properly- they said the fault had swapped to a different unit! To cut a long story short the dealership changed every ht lead on the car(12) it seems to have cured it.This cost me £230 in parts as i argued i wasnt going to pay labour as they should have fixed it the first time.
The question is though should this happen on a merc? it has only covered 49000 miles and does not get a hard life as i work offshore so it is only getting driven 6 months of the year! it is a 320 convertible 2002.
I am really starting to wonder about owning a mercedes with their continual faults! the hyuandai coupe is looking more attractive
To top it all off i got an a service at the same time where they tried to add parts on the bill they did not fit! comments please!!
was accelerating heavy one day and engine diagnostic light came on, the engine lost power from then on and at low speeds the engine was vibrating ( cylinder not firing) - took the car in to merc after doing about 30 miles like this and they charged me £102 for basically doing nout! the mechanic said unit 6 was not firing so cleaned the fuel rail out and the top of the injector? whatever that means and it was ok - light was reset.
This happened again a few months after again after heavy accerleration where i took it into the dealers at a different location and after an hour looking said they could see nothing, they reset the light and i did not get charged.
It happened again last week a couple of months after the last one and i took it in to the same dealer as before. They said it was not firing on unit no 2.
They proceded to change both ht leads for that unit, after having to order the parts in. The car was meant to be ready for 10am next day as i was going down south. 12 came and it was still not ready. Eventually the car was test run by the mechanics and it still wasnt running properly- they said the fault had swapped to a different unit! To cut a long story short the dealership changed every ht lead on the car(12) it seems to have cured it.This cost me £230 in parts as i argued i wasnt going to pay labour as they should have fixed it the first time.
The question is though should this happen on a merc? it has only covered 49000 miles and does not get a hard life as i work offshore so it is only getting driven 6 months of the year! it is a 320 convertible 2002.
I am really starting to wonder about owning a mercedes with their continual faults! the hyuandai coupe is looking more attractive
To top it all off i got an a service at the same time where they tried to add parts on the bill they did not fit! comments please!!
