![]() ![]() “Bought my little silver SLK for GBP6,800 two years ago.”īought my little silver SLK for GBP6,800 two years ago which is about the prize of a new Corsa! Ok, it's now 12 years old, but still looks great and turns heads. These cars aren't as good quality as they used to be! It would be interesting to find out how many Mercs are scrapped early because they're now too expensive to keep running. The car has been regularly serviced, I have found it to be a great expense and disappointment. I don't dare take it out again because I fear that it might break down at the side of the road. Recently driving from London to Bristol on M4 started to loose power, obviously running only on 3 cylinders, after a bit longer got worse now down to two, but managed to limp home, awaiting mobile mechanic to fix. MB wanted to fit a new hydraulic pump, megabucks (cost represented about a quarter of the vehicle's value). Had it repaired by a local mobile mechanic, it now works but makes a terrible bang when it goes up and locks into position on the w/screen. Big prob! Solution brute force and ignorance, I enlisted the help of 2 French guys and we physically lifted the roof up and forced it up into position and attempted to lock it into position at the top of the W/screen. On holiday in France one day the retractable roof failed to lift back up. MB solution a new £600 printed circuit board. First the indicators until someone told me that you can extract a printed circuit board and tap the flasher relay to get it working again. My car(SLK230Kompressor) has been bedevilled with electrical faults. “My car(SLK230Kompressor) has been bedevilled with.” Mercedes dealership repairs - what a racket! Reminds of that Harry Enfield sketch - "I saw you coming Madam". It turned out that I had been duped - none of the other things needed done. I decided to go ahead and have the new headlight but took it to another specialist Merc repairer to have the other things attended to. When I decided to take the car elsewhere for repair I was informed that I could not have it back unless I paid nearly £200 for their diagnosis. And of course while the local Mercedes service centre diagnosed the problem they came up with a huge list of other things wrong with it. The reason for this I am told is that one of the components in the headlight failed and as the part cannot be purchased singly one has to buy a whole new headlight assembly. The latest question - how much does it cost to replace a Xenon headlight? Answer £831. ![]() It has only done 24k miles but has cost me hugely in repairs. I love my SLK 320 purchased nearly ten years ago. “I love my SLK 320 purchased nearly ten years ago. ![]() I marked practicality low as lets face it, you can get much in the boot and only a 2 seater but even so after 10 years, this style and model is still my number 1! Get a C180 estate as a second car to take the kids and rubbish to the dump! On that subject, full beam (even without the condensation) is average and greatly improved by fitting HID units. A couple of blown indicator fuses and some condensation in the headlights. To be critical there has been a slight rattle somewhere in the lid which merc spent 1500 pds not finding! One anoyance is with the exhaust which is SS and still original, but you just have to change the ordinary steel connecting bolts when they rust away. Realiability is second to none, not a single serious problem in 10 years. The ability to raise and lower the lid has never lost its appeal. Performance is great and the traction control can really come in useful some time when pushing it too hard round bends. I was six months old and I have had it for 10 enjoyable years.
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