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Originally Posted by Melcher
Glad to hear the car is running smooth again.
As stated by C32AMG, there is a common problem with glycol contamination on those vehicles. I would keep a close eye on the trans. symptoms. The bulletin they performed worked but it generally applies to vehicle with 6k miles or less. At 26K you trans. should be adapted properly already.
I would look inside your door sill and check the production date. If it is 09/2003 or earlier, I would ask for the glycol test to be done. Could save you lots of $$$.
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Thanks for the tip...mine was made in 10/03 so it looks like I just got one of the post-glycol models...anyway, the car is leased and the lease expires the same day the warranty does, so it won't cost me a dime to deal with it if it does fail.
I've come to the conclusion that I never want to own any new MB, I just lease them and when the lease is up I return them. Sadly, '04 was the last year with fully paid maintenance so next time I will probably change brands...BMW still pays for all maintenance so I will likely go that route.
Still, I won't give up on my older MBs...it's just the new ones I don't trust.