AMR 777T
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Bought a W221 S500 AMG Sport Pack on 5th February. Up until now (16th Feb) possibly the WORST CAR i've ever bought. Kicking myself for getting rid of my beloved 7 Series, virtually poured my blood, sweat and tears in to that.
Sorry to any hardcore Mercedes enthusiast.
I'm sure this thread has been raised before, but apologies. Wasn't practical going through 470/80 pages.
Among the many issues I have discovered one of the more potentially high cost issues is the Airmatic suspension behaving irregularly. Over night all 4 corners drop unevenly. Rear not so bad, but front end is horrendously low, the driver side wheel arch lining is actually sitting on the tyre (view pic). If I park my car with front bumper hanging over a kerb, I think it would rip the front bumper off. However does rise up to correct ride height and is ok while driving. No error messages or any stored fault on computer.
when I went to view the car prior to purchase, I noticed the front bumper was detached from where it meets the wing/fender. I was arguing with first owner it's been in an accident, but he was adamant it hadn't. Now I understand why it was detached, the car sits so low if you start the car and don't wait for car to rise it will rip the bumper apart from the wing while turning right.
HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE?????
PLEASE ENLIGHTEN OF FIXES IF YES, BEFORE I DECIDE TO SELL THE THING.
Also issues With Aircon
Seats/interior squeak, rattle and creek like just runover a cat or something
Harman/Kardon sound system playing up, sounded like someone replaced it with the speaker from my iphone.
Issues with massaging and dynamic seats.
However I'll post the above issues in the relevant sections of the forum.
Sorry to any hardcore Mercedes enthusiast.
I'm sure this thread has been raised before, but apologies. Wasn't practical going through 470/80 pages.
Among the many issues I have discovered one of the more potentially high cost issues is the Airmatic suspension behaving irregularly. Over night all 4 corners drop unevenly. Rear not so bad, but front end is horrendously low, the driver side wheel arch lining is actually sitting on the tyre (view pic). If I park my car with front bumper hanging over a kerb, I think it would rip the front bumper off. However does rise up to correct ride height and is ok while driving. No error messages or any stored fault on computer.
when I went to view the car prior to purchase, I noticed the front bumper was detached from where it meets the wing/fender. I was arguing with first owner it's been in an accident, but he was adamant it hadn't. Now I understand why it was detached, the car sits so low if you start the car and don't wait for car to rise it will rip the bumper apart from the wing while turning right.
HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE?????
PLEASE ENLIGHTEN OF FIXES IF YES, BEFORE I DECIDE TO SELL THE THING.
Also issues With Aircon
Seats/interior squeak, rattle and creek like just runover a cat or something
Harman/Kardon sound system playing up, sounded like someone replaced it with the speaker from my iphone.
Issues with massaging and dynamic seats.
However I'll post the above issues in the relevant sections of the forum.