Purchased a 2006 ml350, 63k miles from an independent dealer Oct 2011. Prior to my purchase it was dealer owned and a personal lease. CEL came of and on and was told by dealer it was gas cap, CEL came on and stayed on and was told two months ago the balance shaft needs to be replaced. MB doesn't want to help me with repairs for two reason: bought from independent dealer ( whom isnt returning my calls and I filed a complaint with bbb) and because I havent taken it to N MB dealer to get maintained ( kind hard to do when I haven't had it long enough to even get the oil changed). Mb told me they looked up VIN and it is not one of the "problem" cars!!! It seems like no one wants to help me with this, everyone wants to pass the buck and treat me like I am nothing because I bought it from an independent. I don't understand, aren't all MB cars built by the same manufacture? So MB only honors their cars if you are the only owner? I traded my vw for ML350 and I am regretting that move! I have an ML 350 sitting in my garage that I can not afford to repair and the warranty that the dealer gave me will not cover because it's a manufacture issue..any suggestions?