As I recall from the AEM settlement documentation there are financial incentives for Mercedes to complete as many cars as possible. I think there were penalties if they didn't get to 85% of the effected cars being modified?

I'd guess that Mercedes would be willing to overlook/repair some broken components to get a car through the program.

I know of one other Bluetec owner that brought a car in with a CE light on for a fault related to the Adblue system and Mercedes completed the modifications no questions asked.

I suspect they'll repair/replace whatever is needed.

Who is doing your tuning that deletes the Adblue system and disables the auto start/stop 'feature'?

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