2.1

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
74,500 miles

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problem #2

Aug 012012

SLK 8-cyl

  • 46,000 miles
Instrument cluster failure. All lighting for instrument dark/unreadable (speedometer, tach, odometer, fuel, temp, turn signal etc). Taken to dealer and I paid for rebuild to unit. Identical failure occured again after approx 3 months.

- Soquel, CA, USA

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problem #1

May 212012

SLK 8-cyl

  • 103,000 miles
On starting the vehicle, the instrument panel was black without illumination or reading. As a result, gauges to speedometer, odometer, fuel, warnings to malfunctions, tachometer, oil pressure, & engine temperature are not present.

- Alpharetta, GA, USA

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