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Originally Posted by Timlewak
I am thinking about buying a 2002 Mercedes C320 Sedan. Tomorrow should close the deal if I still want it. Car runs smooth and shifts great! Nothing appears to be wrong with the car. Clean car fax and all. My question is... Is this car known for its long life or is it just junk? The car now has 66k miles on it... What would you guys suggest? Is their any known problems for this car?
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As the former owner of a 2001 C320 bought new and traded on an '08 C300 last October, I offer the following advice.
if this car is not covered by an extended warranty, do not even think of buying it.
The car is certainly not junk, but the W203 series up until about 2005 was plagued by repeated electronic failures (and plenty of others) that will continue forever. After seven years of ownership, shortly before trading it, my dealer was STILL replacing memory modules paid for by my extended warranty. Replacing these little items on your nickel will bring on the worst case of buyer's remorse you have ever seen.
May I add that the C320 was my seventh MB so I am no novice and know a failure when I see one.
You may ask, why buy another if you have had so much trouble? The answer is that I still prefer Mercedes over all others (well, not Porsche) and after determining that Daimler AG had learned it's lesson, I now am driving a new MB that has been absolutely trouble free for ten months and 6500 miles. And this is typical, not the exception.
A Mercedes miracle, nothing less.
You should forget the car you are looking at and find an '06 or '07 model which will be far more trouble free.