Brigbeale
New Member
Hi all again.
Beginning to doubt MB's quality.
I took my wife's son to Gatwick before Christmas and had to stop off in Fareham on the way which is about 40 miles from where we live.
As we went into a car park in Fareham, on the way up the serpentine ramp, (I had the window down as I had just collected the ticket from the machine) I could hear what sounded like a blowing exhaust.
'Great' I thought among other things!
As time was kind of the essence, the trip was continued to Gatwick and the car felt normal with no warning lamps on the dash.
Drove home, again with no problems.
Next day, called into Kwik Fit and told them what I'd heard.
They put the car on the ramp, with the noise still evident.
Once it was up, I could see the exhaust cover in the undertray had a hole in it, either by impact on a speed ramp or it was melted from the exhaust.
The fitter removed the cover and decided it was impact damage as the edges were sharp(ish) and not melted. He pushed, pulled and rocked the exhaust but couldn't feel a blow from the exhaust. I put my hand over the tailpipe, but he still couldn't feel it. The exhaust looked OK and not damaged.
He agreed there was definitely a noise but ruled out the exhaust.
My son borrowed the car this morning and whe he started it, the noise it made was horrendous. Like before but louder. I thought the exhaust had fallen off!
When in the car, I can't hear it, so the soundproofing is good.
Anyone had experience of this on the A or B Class diesels?
Beginning to doubt MB's quality.
I took my wife's son to Gatwick before Christmas and had to stop off in Fareham on the way which is about 40 miles from where we live.
As we went into a car park in Fareham, on the way up the serpentine ramp, (I had the window down as I had just collected the ticket from the machine) I could hear what sounded like a blowing exhaust.
'Great' I thought among other things!
As time was kind of the essence, the trip was continued to Gatwick and the car felt normal with no warning lamps on the dash.
Drove home, again with no problems.
Next day, called into Kwik Fit and told them what I'd heard.
They put the car on the ramp, with the noise still evident.
Once it was up, I could see the exhaust cover in the undertray had a hole in it, either by impact on a speed ramp or it was melted from the exhaust.
The fitter removed the cover and decided it was impact damage as the edges were sharp(ish) and not melted. He pushed, pulled and rocked the exhaust but couldn't feel a blow from the exhaust. I put my hand over the tailpipe, but he still couldn't feel it. The exhaust looked OK and not damaged.
He agreed there was definitely a noise but ruled out the exhaust.
My son borrowed the car this morning and whe he started it, the noise it made was horrendous. Like before but louder. I thought the exhaust had fallen off!
When in the car, I can't hear it, so the soundproofing is good.
Anyone had experience of this on the A or B Class diesels?
