W211 Technical Service Bulletins

[GREEKBEAST]

Just By Reading This Post ...i Feel Like I Bought A Not Dependable Car..for The Money I Spent. I Wanna Sell It!!!!!now...sounds Scary

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[GREEKBEAST]

I HAVE 8600 MILES...WHAT CAN I EXCEPT AS FAR AS PROBLEMS....PLEASE LET ME KNOW THIS CAR WILL HOLD UP
SHOULD I SEELL IT

[stevebez]

Any TSB's for 06's?

[jangy]

Originally Posted by stevebez

Any TSB's for 06's?

All I have ever seen on mine is the SBC warranty extension.

[nj500fbc]

Originally Posted by GREEKBEAST

Just By Reading This Post ...i Feel Like I Bought A Not Dependable Car..for The Money I Spent.
I Wanna Sell It!!!!!now...sounds Scary

All vehicles have TSB's, usually a long list of them. It doesn't mean you will experience all the issues listed, if any.......

[GRAFH]

How do i get a hold of : P-72_10-28 OCT 02 Power Locks - Lock Knob Jumps Up and Down

[qat]

Originally Posted by 516mbtek

Not really, Dealers get paid to fix, repair, attempt repair, throw parts at, cars under warrenty!! Mb pays. Dealers dont get squat to tell people to go away..they want to fix ur cars...they just dont want to attempt repairs that are not authorized, recomended, or approved by mb----then they hurt themselves...and dont get paid by anybody.

Partially true. If its a non-wear item then the dealer gets nothing from Mercedes for replacing- my particular situation was the air intake clamp that connects it to the throttle body- the clamp was broken- tech said Mercedes would only replace the part but not pay for labor so he said I am SOL unless I want to pay for labor- even though it was not my fault- so techs are obviously more money/commission motivated than fixing all issues they see- on top of that, they probably already charged Mercedes a few thousand for my warranty work but weren't willing to replace a clamp

[qat]

Originally Posted by hikejohn

I support the notion that lets buyers see how dismal MBs quality has been...and even more to the point....what a low interest they have in solving the problem....I have a 2001 E55, went to dealer to see about 2006 model...asked about the quality issue....sales guy said there were none...I responded by pointing out that this issue has been acknowledge by DB....at least in the Wall Street Journal.....his response was that if quality was poor why are they selling so many cars....and PT Barnum had the answer for that...

John

I completely agree. Consumers have a right to see all the issues with what they are purchasing- the tech bulletin is probably just a partial list with the classified list hidden somewhere.
How can companies make better products if us as consumers are not aware of these issues and force the companies make better product if they want to survive- imagine if you went to a restaurant and they told you that you are getting mystery meat? I am gonna stick to the idea of knowing and let the good companies build good products rather than hide info and let these companies get away wtih selling us inferior goods and saying 'oh, you must have gotten a lemon or you are just being too picky because you are the only person complaining'- how many times have I heard that in sales

[konigstiger]

Originally Posted by GRAFH

How do i get a hold of : P-72_10-28 OCT 02 Power Locks - Lock Knob Jumps Up and Down

PM your email address.

[slavik]

how would i find out what tsb's apply to my car?

[tylersphile]

Forgive my ignorance, but how do we look up the details of a particular TSB?

Are there papers or an associated link to the fixes for these puppies? Or do I need the DAS+WIS+EPC to acquire this info?

[izzynyc]

Wow I wish I would have read this before purchasing my car. I think I felt some of the tranny hesitation the other day. I hope I didn't make the wrong decision. I should have went with an m5 or stuck with my scooby!