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Originally Posted by babymog
At very least, be sure that you have paperwork with the compaint specifics from the dealer. Take it in two or three times under warranty, it should give you what you need to show that the problem existed under warranty. Documents, documents, documents.
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That's pretty much why I took it in today. I don't expect they will be able to experience the problem; the car needs to be fully warm and even then it's a bit intermittent. Maybe SDS will show something awry - assuming they look at adaptation numbers and don't just look for error codes.
Problem with the shotgun approach is they charge a ~$100 diagnostic fee if they don't find a problem covered by Starmark.
Reading old posts, seems there's a good chance it's just a little low on fluid. I'm hoping they check that - I don't have the dipstick tool. Nothing on the garage floor, but I haven't been under the car either. Trans has never been serviced; dealer says MBUSA never issued updated maintenance schedule and refuses to perform routine servicing on it. Seems to agree with what I've read in the archives; many countries changed to require servicing at ~40K miles, but not USA.
- JimY