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Ashman · #4 12-27-2000, 08:39 PM

From what I've read on this board, it seems like most of peoples complaints/problems with the newer Mercedes cars were more of a fit and finish issue than mechanics. Squaky Seats, Faulty electrical this or that.

I havent heard of any new cars just up and breaking with major mechanical breakdowns.

Electrical stuff can be very realiable and also very unrealiable. A Part that may not have been produced in a properly put together line can cause malfunctions.

If they base it on only the last 5 years, well mercedes had just revamped its whole model lineup, new designs and everything. that first 1-2 years could very well have been mostly working out the kinks as with any new design. What they need to do is compare how many mercedes are still on the road since lexus came out. Lets say 13 years. Now how many 13 year old lexus are on the roads still and what was their cost to maintain vs the mercedes and how each drive.

Most of these reports are based on a very small fraction of information, and not thorough enough to really produce acurate results in my opinion. If I were to put together a reliability report it would be based on cost of ownership, length of time on the road, mileage, how the car drives vs the mileage, etc etc etc. I would not just base it on a generealized category.

I Don't see This as being a reliabilty issue if they base it on how many problems reported per hundred vehicles. without reporting on what the actual problems were and the percentage of those cars that had the problems, compared to build dates etc.

If all the cars with similar problems came from a similar build date, then you could assume that it had something to do with a part that was faulty or from an improper production line, or there were some issues with that run of cars.

That doesn't mean that all of them are bad.

Just like one person can get one and have problems and others can have none.

Thats my 2 cents.

Alon