Hello all,
I recently bought a merc E350 BlueEFFICIENCY Sport 7G-Tronic with a panoramic roof, 7 seats in silver. I have paid £10,600 for the car and it's milage is 92k. It has had services every 20k (apart from at 60K, where it missed a service). The car has had some gearbox work done by a specialist as shown below:
Unfortunately the day I was driving the car back from the garage I had this warning light appear:
The car went into limp mode and and it was only after I turned the ignition off and on did it go back to normal; however the engine managment light stayed on.
The next day I was driving when the car snapped out of cruise control and was just revving, it was saying it was in drive but all the car did was just rev. When I turned the ignition off an on it was ok again. This is very alarming and I must admit it has put a downer on the feeling of buying a new car.
The car has the merc badge on the front of the grill rather than the sticking up badge on the bonnet. As shown below:
The trader has said I can have my money back or take it for a repair. At this moment in time I have opted to take it back, which I plan to do Saturday, but before I do I would like some advice and answers to the following questions:
Is there a way I can find out the full spec of the car from factory?
What dertermines the badge being on the grill rather than on a stick?
Should I get the repair or take it back?
If I take it back it seems I will find it really hard to find this spec for around 11k.
I recently bought a merc E350 BlueEFFICIENCY Sport 7G-Tronic with a panoramic roof, 7 seats in silver. I have paid £10,600 for the car and it's milage is 92k. It has had services every 20k (apart from at 60K, where it missed a service). The car has had some gearbox work done by a specialist as shown below:
Unfortunately the day I was driving the car back from the garage I had this warning light appear:
The car went into limp mode and and it was only after I turned the ignition off and on did it go back to normal; however the engine managment light stayed on.
The next day I was driving when the car snapped out of cruise control and was just revving, it was saying it was in drive but all the car did was just rev. When I turned the ignition off an on it was ok again. This is very alarming and I must admit it has put a downer on the feeling of buying a new car.
The car has the merc badge on the front of the grill rather than the sticking up badge on the bonnet. As shown below:
The trader has said I can have my money back or take it for a repair. At this moment in time I have opted to take it back, which I plan to do Saturday, but before I do I would like some advice and answers to the following questions:
Is there a way I can find out the full spec of the car from factory?
What dertermines the badge being on the grill rather than on a stick?
Should I get the repair or take it back?
If I take it back it seems I will find it really hard to find this spec for around 11k.