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Originally Posted by CannonBall
I read it on another forum, is this true? I asked the guy for a source but haven't gotten a reply. I was thinking if they consider like cruise control being failure, but I also read somewhere that an insanely high % of mercedes diesel cars are still on the road, a testament to reliability.
-Nate
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I believe I heard this too, but it was in reference to current models. I do know that in recent reliability tests, Mercedes-Benz on a whole fared very poorly. Not sure if that's what I remember hearing about the diesels, specifically, though.
I would be hard pressed to believe that historically. It seems to be somewhat common knowledge that diesel Mercedes of yore possess tremendous quality. Sometimes reputations are unfounded, but Mercedes diesel cars have such a widespread good reputation that I'd have a hard time believing that they have a high rate of major engine failure.
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