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Purchased a certified used CL600 in what appeared to be pristine condition. While I have had the car it has been in for service approximately 20 full days (oil leaks requiring complete engine breakdown 4 times), window motor repair, fuel tank sensor replacement, etc.
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Permalink Reply by Dennis on -
Holy crap I just bought cl 600 what else have you had go wrong. I had car checked out by a None dealer merc mech he went top to bottom on this car it has 76,000 miles on it he said usaully the problems with these type cars are solved by perivous owners when they are new, the mech guy told me most of the time you have problems taking these cars to dealers and they say they done full services and they don't fuel filters unchanged same spark plugs left in stuff like that so be careful who you take your car to I don't trust dealerships plus cost are usually 2 times higher
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Permalink Reply by karen gray price on -
I really need some input on these cars....are they just prone to problems? I have 48,000 miles on my 2002 cl600 and have been offered $22,000 for it.....what do you think?
Karen
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Permalink Reply by Andrey Abutin on
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Sadly, MBZ's well-deserved reputation for spotty quality has completely destroyed resale values even for low-mileage MBZ cars. In particular, the Active Body Control suspension on higher-end Benzes is a wallet chewing monster due to frequent and major hydraulics issues. I dont' even mention the electrical issues a lot of Benzes of the same vintage are notorious for.
Anyway, I did a quick spot-check in my area and sadly, $22,000 sounds about right for a car that retailed for well over 100k just eight years ago.
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Permalink Reply by Wim van Acker on
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and which would cost around $ 200,000 right now.
I bought 3 years ago a new S550 4MATIC for $ 115,000 (at that time $ 86,000 MRSP plus $ 29,000 for additonal equipment). The car would cost now $ 130,000. MB offered me $ 40,000 for the car with 55,000 highway miles on the clock. One more example of tanked resale values because of a decade of "premium' cars with more technical trouble than the dealers can handle.
A close friend of mine owns a S600, which just came out of warranty. He asked the dealership to sum up for him for how much money they had repaired under warranty (which was all paid for by MB USA): $ 80,000!!!
What do we learn from this? NEVER EVER SPENDING MONEY ON A MERCEDES, WHICH IS A QUASI-PREMIUM CAR SERVICED BY MEDIOCRE DEALERS.
Andrey Abutin said:Sadly, MBZ's well-deserved reputation for spotty quality has completely destroyed resale values even for low-mileage MBZ cars. In particular, the Active Body Control suspension on higher-end Benzes is a wallet chewing monster due to frequent and major hydraulics issues. I dont' even mention the electrical issues a lot of Benzes of the same vintage are notorious for.
Anyway, I did a quick spot-check in my area and sadly, $22,000 sounds about right for a car that retailed for well over 100k just eight years ago.
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Permalink Reply by Wim van Acker on
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Welcome in the club.
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Permalink Reply by Umesh Tony Kukreti on
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Always ask any mechanic regardless to
save the old parts so that:
1: You know what part caused the failure.
2: Get to know where and how is it located
and installed.3: What the old and a new part look like B4 and after wear.
4: Offcourse confirms a new part is installed. 5: Bring the old part home and then discard it.
6: U don't want your old part be shown to some other car owner and fooled the way U were. Just kidding.
Dennis said:Holy crap I just bought cl 600 what else have you had go wrong. I had car checked out by a None dealer merc mech he went top to bottom on this car it has 76,000 miles on it he said usaully the problems with these type cars are solved by perivous owners when they are new, the mech guy told me most of the time you have problems taking these cars to dealers and they say they done full services and they don't fuel filters unchanged same spark plugs left in stuff like that so be careful who you take your car to I don't trust dealerships plus cost are usually 2 times higher
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Always ask any mechanic regardless to
save the old parts so that:
1: You know what part caused the failure.
2: Get to know where and how is it located
and installed.3: What the old and a new part look like B4 and after wear.
4: Offcourse confirms a new part is installed. 5: Bring the old part home and then discard it.
6: U don't want your old part be shown to some other car owner and fooled the way U were. Just kidding.
Dennis said:Holy crap I just bought cl 600 what else have you had go wrong. I had car checked out by a None dealer merc mech he went top to bottom on this car it has 76,000 miles on it he said usaully the problems with these type cars are solved by perivous owners when they are new, the mech guy told me most of the time you have problems taking these cars to dealers and they say they done full services and they don't fuel filters unchanged same spark plugs left in stuff like that so be careful who you take your car to I don't trust dealerships plus cost are usually 2 times higher
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Permalink Reply by Reg saunders on
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I agree...I wish i had read this blog prior to buying mine....
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Permalink Reply by Reg saunders on
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Take it and get out form under the Mercedes myth
karen gray price said:I really need some input on these cars....are they just prone to problems? I have 48,000 miles on my 2002 cl600 and have been offered $22,000 for it.....what do you think?
Karen
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Permalink Reply by Reg saunders on
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To all who visit Maine...Don't ever take your car to Prime Mercedes in Scarborough...they will eat you alive ...fix nothing and pat you on the back (with comission they just stole) and give you a swift kick out the door....
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