Joderest
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Luckily they were replaced under warranty. The dealer tried to say the cats must have been damaged off road, but saw sense when I gave them the opportunity to do so.I bet that didn’t feel good
Luckily they were replaced under warranty. The dealer tried to say the cats must have been damaged off road, but saw sense when I gave them the opportunity to do so.
If I remember right, the car sold after buying the ML was the same value as the cats on the ML! Don't let that put anyone off, they were a few months old and likely faulty at manufacture. Great car.
Yes, it was not as common to replace them back then, they might even be cheaper from MB now too. I think that cost was plus VAT and the rechargeable cost from the dealer to the Mercedes Warranty, so it would cost a customer even more!Yes I can imagine, these days you could probably source used or aftermarket cats for much cheaper
The myth of low mileage.
Again.
It was serviced on the button by the Mercedes main dealer.
However the two most expensive repairs were eplacing rear suspension struts because you can't buy springs and dampers separately from a main dealer (both struts were replaced twice I think), and catalytic converters were replaced under warranty at less than a year old (£3200 plus labour IIRC in 2004)!
A woman that lives across the road from us has a 2010 Alfa that she has had from new with 4000 miles on it. It's done 300 miles between mot's and she refuses to let her husband sell it.
I have had my 2004 ML 270 cdi special edition, for about 5 years ..... It has been great, super reliable too.I am a fairly new first time Mercedes owner.
I bought our 2003 ML270 back in September, and was lured by the low mileage of 35,000 and one owner, full service history. Not history backed everything up.
Since buying it, I have been fighting fires, there were so many little faults to fix. Abs,esp,bas lights have all been on, and took me a time to work out what was what, rear heater motor failed, rear suspension spring broke, brakes all round etc etc etc.
It is now 100%, but here's my issue, I do not trust it. Every time I drive it I am thinking, what's going to break next.
I suppose I am lucky, except for gearbox oil change, I have done all the work myself.
What I need is people to tell me that I am now paranoid, and that the car has a decent reputation for being reliable. Or as reliable as any other large 4x4.
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