C Class-sick
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I wonder if anyone has had problems as I have with their new C Class ?
I bought a C180K estate sport manual a demo car with 5k on the clock 18months ago.
First impressions were ok, getting used to manual and hard ride with sport susp and biggish (very attractive) alloys was difficult. Previous car was sublimely smooth CClass 200CDi estate avantgarde, auto with "normal " suspension and smallish alloys.
The interior of this new model is highly suspect.
The cheapest plastics have been used.
I have return the car 6 times to have rattles, creaks, failures repaired.
The list is :
1)2 indicator stalk failures/replacements.
2)Glove box lid fell open to the floor when opened.
3)Both silver kick plates fell off on the offside.
4)Constant creak and rattle in the seat back of front passenger seat took 2 attempts to fix.
5)Hatch door creaked and groaned constantly and took 2 visits to rectify.
(part of this fix has been to cover the fixing pegs on the tonneau cover in black felt, how long will this last ?).
6)Intermittent creaks from the dash board area underneath the speedo etc.
The plastic here is so cheap it flexes and creaks if you put the slightest pressure on it. Not entirely fixed but better.
7)A constant ticking around the ear area of the drivers door pillar .. drives me mad is most notable on quiet smooth roads.
I know this has been looked at but not fixed.
I hate this car so much I can't muster the energy to take it back again.
A shining light in all this is the mechanic at MB Brentford Kieran who has worked so hard to remedy everything, thank you Sir !
Please let me know if you have had similar trouble.
Thanks
Richard
I bought a C180K estate sport manual a demo car with 5k on the clock 18months ago.
First impressions were ok, getting used to manual and hard ride with sport susp and biggish (very attractive) alloys was difficult. Previous car was sublimely smooth CClass 200CDi estate avantgarde, auto with "normal " suspension and smallish alloys.
The interior of this new model is highly suspect.
The cheapest plastics have been used.
I have return the car 6 times to have rattles, creaks, failures repaired.
The list is :
1)2 indicator stalk failures/replacements.
2)Glove box lid fell open to the floor when opened.
3)Both silver kick plates fell off on the offside.
4)Constant creak and rattle in the seat back of front passenger seat took 2 attempts to fix.
5)Hatch door creaked and groaned constantly and took 2 visits to rectify.
(part of this fix has been to cover the fixing pegs on the tonneau cover in black felt, how long will this last ?).
6)Intermittent creaks from the dash board area underneath the speedo etc.
The plastic here is so cheap it flexes and creaks if you put the slightest pressure on it. Not entirely fixed but better.
7)A constant ticking around the ear area of the drivers door pillar .. drives me mad is most notable on quiet smooth roads.
I know this has been looked at but not fixed.
I hate this car so much I can't muster the energy to take it back again.
A shining light in all this is the mechanic at MB Brentford Kieran who has worked so hard to remedy everything, thank you Sir !
Please let me know if you have had similar trouble.
Thanks
Richard