And you think this is a problem with MB alone. I had my wife's PT cruiser in for an oil change at a Chrysler dealership. There was, as you may know, a recall involving a power steering hose and an exhaust manifold. Apparently, some PE cruisers had REAL flames, not painted on ones, shooting from their wheelwells. Anyway, we get it back. Next morning: horrible noise. I look, no power steering flluid. I call up the idiots and they said "air bubbles, may take 500 miles to go away". I had to go to a nearby dealership for ATF+4 (to maintain warranty, "special" Cyrysler flluid (...). $6.30 a quart! (Advance Auto: ~1.80). The resevoir was dry - 1 3/4 qt of "air bubbles"...called again, and they denied everything. wouldn't even offer to pay for the fluid...then I got into a "discussion" with my wife about getting work done at a dealer...

$6.30 a quart. Really.