Discussion
Hi all ,
I live and work in the middle east and I am fortunate enough to run new MB company cars as part of my package . Typically the vehicles are changed every four months or so and rarely exceed 6000 km's .
The past five vehicles have all been E300's , fully loaded in terms of options , the only variance being paint and trim colour . My concern and the motivation for this post is that all of these vehicles have suffered with similar faults as follows .
1. Very poor shift quality 2nd to 3rd , 3rd to 4th and 4th to 5th on light throttle application , this seems worse when in " E " mode but is still apparent in " sport " . This can be quite alarming at times due to the harshness of the change resulting in a perceptible shock travelling through the drivetrain coupled with a bang at the transition point .
2. Wind whistle ( reed effect ) coming from the right hand A pillar area at exactly 100km,s per hour .
3. Poor paint quality ( orange peel appearance ) , particularly on the vertical body panels ( doors / wings ) , coupled with shade variations between the front and rear aprons ( plastic ) and the adjacent panels ( steel ) , this is more evident on lighter colours ( I have had three white cars )!!
As these vehicles are de-fleeted regularly I have never bothered to have them looked at , nor raised any complaints with the local agent . However I am interested to hear from other owners as to their experiences regarding the above on 2014/2015 212's . To be frank , if I was a retail client I may not be too impressed , however I am sure that given the opportunity the dealer could fix the problems , but my point is that that MB quality control is somewhat lacking .
Thanks for reading , over to you !
I live and work in the middle east and I am fortunate enough to run new MB company cars as part of my package . Typically the vehicles are changed every four months or so and rarely exceed 6000 km's .
The past five vehicles have all been E300's , fully loaded in terms of options , the only variance being paint and trim colour . My concern and the motivation for this post is that all of these vehicles have suffered with similar faults as follows .
1. Very poor shift quality 2nd to 3rd , 3rd to 4th and 4th to 5th on light throttle application , this seems worse when in " E " mode but is still apparent in " sport " . This can be quite alarming at times due to the harshness of the change resulting in a perceptible shock travelling through the drivetrain coupled with a bang at the transition point .
2. Wind whistle ( reed effect ) coming from the right hand A pillar area at exactly 100km,s per hour .
3. Poor paint quality ( orange peel appearance ) , particularly on the vertical body panels ( doors / wings ) , coupled with shade variations between the front and rear aprons ( plastic ) and the adjacent panels ( steel ) , this is more evident on lighter colours ( I have had three white cars )!!
As these vehicles are de-fleeted regularly I have never bothered to have them looked at , nor raised any complaints with the local agent . However I am interested to hear from other owners as to their experiences regarding the above on 2014/2015 212's . To be frank , if I was a retail client I may not be too impressed , however I am sure that given the opportunity the dealer could fix the problems , but my point is that that MB quality control is somewhat lacking .
Thanks for reading , over to you !
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