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Originally Posted by Educaid
Manny: It makes sense that the supercharger bearings would be sealed in the unit but are you saying that when installed it is isolated from the engine oil supply? What would cause it to fail? Something was smoking from what appeared to be the front of the engine compartment. What was causing the smoke? What are the symptoms of a failed supercharger?
MrCJames: Frankly, I did not think there would be a catastrophic failure of the supercharger at 97,000 miles. I assume this was a fluke kind of thing. Otherwise, the car has operated flawlessly and I might add, inexpensively. Nothing other than routine maintenance until this occurred. Hope the next one last another 100,000 miles.
BenzOnline: This occurred without any warning. The ASR light and another light came on, the car started to smoke and it was driven (by my wife) another 1/2 mile to my home. Towed to the dealership. Car again runs flawlessly. It also appears to have more power than before.
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Some time back Mercedes was a bit more flexible with their warranty coverage and they were not stongly opposed to opening thier warranty wallet to assist the original owner of the vehicle. During my tenure at one of the SF bay area dealers it was not uncommon to perform a double row chain conversion on the 380 series engines and have MB jump in an assist providing it was the "original/first owner!" One of 380's that I worked on had approx 143,00, it was serviced at the dealer since day 1, the owner had 2 other benz's so our service manager asked MB to participate. MB paid for the parts and the customer paid for the labor. Mind you, that was when MB was in the number one spot for vehicle quality, service quality and customer satisfaction. You could ask MB for some compensation; however if your expectations are dead set on MB covering the expense than I feel you might be setting the sight to high.
Good Luck