Hi folks, my first post here.
I test drove a 2005 (R171) SLK200 manual last week. Overall it seemed a good car, I only noticed one thing; the SRS light was illuminated on the dash. He said it was a common fault and could have it turned off. I was interested so I arranged to revisit two days later in better light with hopefully no rain for a better inspection.
On the day of my second inspection the owner called me to say he had a problem with the car. He said whilst he'd been in it with his wife the passenger side airbag had deployed. He said the car was stationary at the time.
I'm not sure but I think he meant the airbag in the passenger seat, ill have to confirm.
He told me he'd taken it to Mercedes and they said it wasn't covered by them and he'd have to have it repaired at cost. He told me he was taking the car somewhere else to be repaired.
Ok so is this a known issue? I've done some research online and I've seen some people with similar issues but all the threads seem to be in the US. Also what would have to be done to repair this? New airbag of course but what else? Would it be worth me making him a low offer and getting it repaired myself? I've told him to call me after he has it fixed but what do you think? Should I buy the car at all even if he has it fixed? Car looked very straight with low 65k on a 2005 car with full service history and some bills etc.
Thanks in advance.
I test drove a 2005 (R171) SLK200 manual last week. Overall it seemed a good car, I only noticed one thing; the SRS light was illuminated on the dash. He said it was a common fault and could have it turned off. I was interested so I arranged to revisit two days later in better light with hopefully no rain for a better inspection.
On the day of my second inspection the owner called me to say he had a problem with the car. He said whilst he'd been in it with his wife the passenger side airbag had deployed. He said the car was stationary at the time.
I'm not sure but I think he meant the airbag in the passenger seat, ill have to confirm.
He told me he'd taken it to Mercedes and they said it wasn't covered by them and he'd have to have it repaired at cost. He told me he was taking the car somewhere else to be repaired.
Ok so is this a known issue? I've done some research online and I've seen some people with similar issues but all the threads seem to be in the US. Also what would have to be done to repair this? New airbag of course but what else? Would it be worth me making him a low offer and getting it repaired myself? I've told him to call me after he has it fixed but what do you think? Should I buy the car at all even if he has it fixed? Car looked very straight with low 65k on a 2005 car with full service history and some bills etc.
Thanks in advance.
