03-04-2008, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Nashua, NH
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Originally Posted by AdvisorGuy
I'm not saying there aren't reliable ones in the mix but I've always said that of those 350 appointments per week, less than 3 dozen of them were there for routine scheduled maintenance only. TCMs, O2 sensors, MAF sensors, ecu's,brake light switches, HVAC blend motors, tilt wheel motors, bulbs blowing continuously, ground harness updates to aleive front turn signal sockets melting, radios going out, cup holders snapping, sill plates cracking, seat motors, window regulators - usually the rears and of course, the ignition switch problem to which you speak...
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Agreed. I think though that lots of people think the W123, W115, W126 and other models we prize so much here never had problems and that's just not true either. ACC, Cruise, Vacuum Systems all had issues even when the cars were newer. Cars are just complex machines and none are flawless. But I have had some lemons in my day and none were from Mercedes.
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