Dealer trying to charge me for Parts, Trap Ox Replacement, 1985 300D (CA) - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

frankengrant · #31 01-28-2011, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KCM

I agree with that statement as well. The recall would be to do the work based on an unmodified car with the correct factory parts installed. If parts are needed to correct previous DIY repair work and get the car back to original before the work can be performed, that would be at an additional cost to the owner. The dealer was likely quoting the repair based on this during the inspection, and did not see the DIY repairs that had been done. I'd say the dealer is doing you a favor by giving you a substantial discount, probably giving you their cost on the parts.

I understand this, but to inspect my car for an hour and not see that this stuff was missing is a bit ridiculous, especially considering he took the turbo off and could see the trap ox below.

Yea, they gave it to me very near the actual cost, doing some quick math it looks like they are making about 13 dollars on the parts, not bad.

frankengrant · #32 01-31-2011, 06:31 PM

Well, got the car back today, it runs great, and feels a tiny bit more responsive than before. Bad news is I now smell exhaust in the passenger cabin, I had a slight leak at my exaughts manifold gasket that its now obviously worse(I didn't smell anything before). I wish they had called me and told me when they were putting everything back together, instead of just making a note on the records. Now I have to take everything out again to replace this stinking gasket...

Arrowhead Mercedes did the work, and were overall pretty good about everything.