[W211 E230] Have i bought myself a bottomless pit?

[fifthmay]

Dear Bros...

I stumbled upon this forum while I was looking for answers pertaining to CEL on my W211

You see, i have taken over a Oct'07 W211 E230 with an existing CEL on condition, the dealer had promised
to solve the problem but after 2 rounds of rectifying with his workshop. The warning light still came back.

I had enough and went down to C&C for an engine diagnostics check yesterday and this is what it says



Any bros kind enough to enlighten me what shit i am in for and also C&C had recommended that to check the manifold, camshaft and some
hoses which could be leaking to trigger the CEL. Total cost: approx $4,000+

The dealer refuses repair at C&C and had recommended another workshop to me (HIN LUNG), any kind advise will be greatly appreciated.

Jackie

[sjy78]

Hi fifthmay,

welcome to merckaki...!!

sorry to hear about your 'bad' car dealer & the 'bad' w211 condition.

firstly, ask your dealer a list of workshops that they are willing to send your car to. then, go through our workshop list & see if any of them are in it. if not, give your dealer the workshop list & ask them if these workshop ok to do your repairs. also visit those workshop thats in our list & ask them to check & quote you. once you get an estimate, ask the amount from the dealer plus time wasted etc etc....
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if all fails, use the 'lemon law' on them.

[SUPERVIRUS]

if all fails, use the 'lemon law' on them.

Agree!
However, to be fair, Hin Lung is quite well established as a car dealer with in house workshop. They should be able to resolve tis problem. If the dealer is paying, use them, but ask for a courtesy car.

[fifthmay]

Hi all,

thanks for taking time to respond. Had settled with Hin Lung, dealer paying for the repair $2500

Items changing
1) Intake manifold
2) Air mask (spelling?)
3) Cam magnet
4) faulty Visor (passenger)

Do the repairs command $2500??

[V6ENGINE]

Hi all,

thanks for taking time to respond. Had settled with Hin Lung, dealer paying for the repair $2500

Items changing
1) Intake manifold
2) Air mask (spelling?)
3) Cam magnet
4) faulty Visor (passenger)

Do the repairs command $2500??

Hi Bro,

anyway you have already bought the car so i cannot lend a helping hand but feel the pain for you and try my best to give you as much information as possible. Nos 1 and 2 i am not too sure as I have no experience in it. No3 will cost you about $200 and No. 4 is not more than $200 as well. The bulk of the cost should come from the intake manifold as the cost of stripping is ex.

As for the repair, let Hin Lung do it. They are one of the few guys that sells and repairs merc for some years already. But thereafter do let C&C run thru diagnostics again to prevent further errors. BTW how did you noticed all this faults? I am curious cause intake manifold is a major fault....

[V6ENGINE]

Hi fifthmay,

welcome to merckaki...!!

sorry to hear about your 'bad' car dealer & the 'bad' w211 condition.

firstly, ask your dealer a list of workshops that they are willing to send your car to. then, go through our workshop list & see if any of them are in it. if not, give your dealer the workshop list & ask them if these workshop ok to do your repairs. also visit those workshop thats in our list & ask them to check & quote you. once you get an estimate, ask the amount from the dealer plus time wasted etc etc....
http://www.merckaki.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=68


if all fails, use the 'lemon law' on them.

Nice and systematic approach bro...But i wish to highlight that "Lemon Law" though is enacted, has not seen any case precedence. Hence anyone who wants to use the "Lemon Law" per se has to very careful as it flips both ways. For example: alot of dealers have claim parts as "wear & tear"; but what really is under the scope of wear and tear? No one has a strict definition and no authority has define this grey area. Also there are many variance in products recall. Eg the faulty "magnet" that was posted to be faulty faced a product recall in the US but strangely i do not recall C&C doing this recall or changing this part FOC.

So in conclusion, I would rather be amicable in resolving this kind of conflicts then trying to use the "Lemon Law" per se unless it is a very clear cut case.

[fifthmay]

Thanks bro V6

Car is in HIN LUNG workshop now and the repair will take 2 days.

[V6ENGINE]

Thanks bro V6

Car is in HIN LUNG workshop now and the repair will take 2 days.

Np bro. We are here to share and help one another...

[V6ENGINE]

Thanks bro V6

Car is in HIN LUNG workshop now and the repair will take 2 days.

So bro, how your car?