scot360
New Member
Can somebody please give me some advise?
I have a year 2000 230 SLK tip, I have owned the car for about 2 years. The car has covered 68k miles in total.
The problem is all 4 wings are rusty and also the tailgate below the handle.
I have been to my local dealers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire to ask about the anti rust warranty. They had a look around the car and measured the paint thickness with a special device. They said yes your car is rusty but due to the readings of the said device this car has had some some paintwork done at some time therefore not valid for them to do anything about it. They also mentioned that one service is missing, which I did not notice before. Maybe it was due to the cars previous owner at some time period when the mileage was very low between yearly servicing,I assume the service indicator takes this into account, I can only guess about this but they said this did not help my case either.
I cannot understand why this paintwork issue is a problem maybe the car has had some minor accident damage but has been repaired by an insurance approved garage.
Any advise would be much appreciated, thank you.
I have a year 2000 230 SLK tip, I have owned the car for about 2 years. The car has covered 68k miles in total.
The problem is all 4 wings are rusty and also the tailgate below the handle.
I have been to my local dealers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire to ask about the anti rust warranty. They had a look around the car and measured the paint thickness with a special device. They said yes your car is rusty but due to the readings of the said device this car has had some some paintwork done at some time therefore not valid for them to do anything about it. They also mentioned that one service is missing, which I did not notice before. Maybe it was due to the cars previous owner at some time period when the mileage was very low between yearly servicing,I assume the service indicator takes this into account, I can only guess about this but they said this did not help my case either.
I cannot understand why this paintwork issue is a problem maybe the car has had some minor accident damage but has been repaired by an insurance approved garage.
Any advise would be much appreciated, thank you.