The 2013 facelift diesel cars (with the single headlight lens) are all with adblue and are therefore all euro 6. Some of the early facelift cars have been incorrectly identified on the checker sites (eg ulez) as being euro 5 - it can be corrected by supplying the emissions info from the car datasheet. The good news is that the euro 6 cars are more fuel efficient and meet the low emissions zones springing up all over the place. The bad news is that the Mercedes adblue system is problematic, was not designed to be maintained cost effectively, the replacement parts are expensive to buy, fit and diagnose, the parts are in short supply / unavailable and the dealers approach seems to be focussed on profit generation. To cap it all off there are some fault conditions where the car will not start until a fault is rectified.....so your car is off the road waiting for parts that are in short supply. Google Mercedes nox sensor or adblue sensor or adblue tank problem if you want more info. Not for me, I would rather pay the occasional daily emissions zone charge.
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. They don`t seem that bad but i honestly have not/cant compare it with a car that`s had new one`s. I`ve also lost my long trusted mechanic as he`s retired & i`m in the process of finding a garage i can trust again
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