Anyone know much about CL63's?

[blindswelledrat]

Help!
I had my heart set on a 2007-2008 CL63 but googling possible problems has terrified me.
t drives me up the wall doing that because it feels like 100% of the cars end up being fked, but nowhere can you seem to find exactly how ,many cars it effects.
Anyone here familiar with them and the realities of running them. General running costs I can live with, but are the big-value problems a reality or a rarity?

[ZX10R NIN]

My dad is on his second CL63 the his extra running costs so far have been an A/C Pump one window regulator & one seat motor.

Apart from that over the last four years they've both been faultless.

[XMT]

I looked into them last year. I think on the whole its a good car but at that age it has the bolt head issue.
Not something I wanted to take a risk on. I forgot about it.

Its the same engine as in the c63 so for engine read ups search for c63.

[popeyewhite]

What bolt head issue? In three years of owning an E63 AMG and associated internet trawling I never heard of a bolt head issue!

[blindswelledrat]

popeyewhite said:

What bolt head issue? In three years of owning an E63 AMG and associated internet trawling I never heard of a bolt head issue!

If you google "cl63 problems" you get no end of stuff which seems relevant to all amg engines of the same period.
The problem is that the internet makes it seem like almost every amg car suffered from them but I have no idea how to find out exactly how many cars suffered.,

[popeyewhite]

blindswelledrat said:

If you google "cl63 problems" you get no end of stuff which seems relevant to all amg engines of the same period.
The problem is that the internet makes it seem like almost every amg car suffered from them but I have no idea how to find out exactly how many cars suffered.,

I've never heard of any major problems, but that may be because I bought a post 2007 model, don't know. I seem to recall that maybe the C63 pre 07 suffered with something. Have a gander at http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/amg-lounge/ and ask away... .

[Max M4X WW]

popeyewhite said:

What bolt head issue? In three years of owning an E63 AMG and associated internet trawling I never heard of a bolt head issue!

The head bolts stretch, happened to a mates '58 C63 - MB Brooklands had the engine out and re-built it.

[popeyewhite]

Max M4X WW said:

popeyewhite said:

What bolt head issue? In three years of owning an E63 AMG and associated internet trawling I never heard of a bolt head issue!

The head bolts stretch, happened to a mates '58 C63 - MB Brooklands had the engine out and re-built it.

Ah ok thanks. Obviously this wasn't particularly common, but very annoying if it happened to be your car. Incidentally mine was an '08 E63 and was fine. Perhaps this issue was related to mileage? Mine only got to 50,000 miles before I traded it.