5.7
fairly significant- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 15,000 miles
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Electrical:mcs unit, radio/cassette player defect. Mcs unit malfunctioned(screen black out and all operations ceased)mb may exchange if under warranty and no after market electrical items installed..they will not tell the consumer why? the $1550 mcs unit malfunctioned...an off duty mb tech was enlisted to perform an internal check of the mcs unit and found a defect that attributed to the malfunction of the mcs unit that should result in the immediate recall of all mb mcs units:I.T.check results: The cassette player motor has a lubricant enclosed in a clear housing, when the mcs unit becomes overheated(via dir sunlight, hi vol-even when regulated by the bose system and continuous stereo operation...most mb owners won't duplicate these conditions as mbusa hopes),the lubricant(a gel that became liquefied by the heat) will leak from the clear housing and drip onto the circuit board directly below(the circuit board will have approx 1/2" round greasy spot),the effects of the liquid lubricant leaking onto the circuit board will result in a 'short circuit' of the mcs unit. The mb dealer service dept was very vague in their description of the mcs malfunction, so I requested, in writing, a detailed explanation of the cause of the mcs unit malfunction. I was denied... when I notified, in writing, a mb dealer service dept of my request to meet with their regional rep and the dealer service manager, my letters were not returned and upon a personal visit, forewritten, I was advised, by the 'discourteous' assistant service manager that the service manager was 'in a meeting', after written requests were sent directly to the mb service manager and the owner, registered letters and faxes were sent(to me, work, my employer) from the mb dealer attorney to cease and desist from contacting the mb dealer and was accused of criminal harassment(my employer was also sent copies of my personal letters, indicating I was involved in criminal harassment(whereby threatening my employment and slandering my name, by the mb dealer attorney).
- Harrisburg, PA, USA
- Cranston, RI, USA