JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

About 1.3 million Mercedes recalled
Carmaker concerned about voltage regulators, battery control, brake systems.
March 31, 2005: 8:16 AM EST

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - U.S.-German carmaker DaimlerChrysler is recalling 1.3 million Mercedes cars, it said Thursday.

The recall affects selected E-class, CLS-class and SL-class vehicles produced between June 2001 and this month, Daimler said in a news release.

 

Not surprising.......brakes and electronics have been the main problems with all three of these cars for several years now.

 

OUCH...thats gotta hurt. Thats like all E, SL, and CLS's produced.

 

I suppose I can feel more comfortable buying one from now on since they already figured out how to fix them ?

 

How about what is going to break down that they don't know about yet?.....always a vaild question with M-B products. Fixing the front brakes is fine for today but means nothing if the rear ones are just going to go out tomorrow.

 

Well, at least you have 3 less items to worry about

 

thats gotta hurt MB

 

Now that is quality for you

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S.-German carmaker DaimlerChrysler is recalling 1.3 million Mercedes cars as it tries to fix quality woes that are riddling its German luxury car division, it said Thursday.

Mercedes will recall the cars in several model ranges worldwide to fix problems with alternators and batteries, which do not affect the cars' safety, according to the supplier, car-parts maker Robert Bosch.

Mercedes chief Eckhard Cordes, who said earlier this year that his drive to resolve the quality problems would hit this year's earnings, said the cars Mercedes makes now are of high quality and that the recall addressed legacy problems.

"We are now producing the best product quality ever and our aim is to ensure that those vehicles in the hands of customers which are the cause of complaints achieve a standard of quality that reflects our highest expectations," Cordes said in a statement.

DaimlerChrysler declined to say how much the recall would cost.

Shares in DaimlerChrysler dipped after news of the recall, paring earlier gains, to trade up 0.3 percent at

Mercedes said it would check, and if necessary, replace the voltage regulator in the alternator on vehicles with six- and eight-cylinder engines built between June 2001 and Nov. 2004 in the recall.

The carmaker will install new battery-control software on E-class and CLS-class models made from Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2005. In addition, it will update the braking system on current E-class, SL-class and CLS-class models, made since June 2001.

 

No worries for me ...unless Brembo F's up the brakes they make for AMG.

 

What dream world is this guy in? I've seen less deluded heroin addicts.

 

Sounds like an easy way to get MB cars that are out of warranty back into the dealer for some expensive work

 

Hmmm. No S class mentioned, but V8 was mentioned
I'll have to wait and see.

 

Very sad. These guys are in DENIAL. In my new EVO, they interview benz officials. They were #1 in JD Power in 94 and #28 last year almost the last co.
What do they do? They blamed their suppliers. And now they say their products are all fixed. They blamed "Comand" and brakes, the electronic glittches. (Eckhord Cordes is the guy interviewed).

In the U.K, Benz has a 3 year no questions asked warrenty policy!

I hope they are for they're sake.

 

yeah i read news aboutt his today on another site... this is all over the internet now, and everyone is blowing mb like crazy..... it's insane man, over 1 million mb, and all the way back to 01?? damn that's 4 yrs ago for crying out loud.....

anyway..... mb quality, clear call here