2000 Mercedes Benz C230

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCEDES BENZ C230. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT LIQUID HAD SPILLED INTO THE GEAR SHIFT. SECONDS LATER, THE WINDOW CONTROL BUTTONS NO LONGER FUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE WINDOW SWITCH COMPONENT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000.

ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. RINGS ON THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF RINGS. *AK THE DEALER DID NOT HONOR THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. THE SPEAKERS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY CHANGE THE RADIO SOUND, CENTER CONSOLE DID NOT OPEN PROPERLY, VOLUME DID NOT WORK, THERE WAS A WIND NOISE COMING FROM BEHIND THE DRIVER WHILE IN MOTION, DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER WAS EXTREMELY HOT, BLOWER MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE FAN SPEED CONTROL SWITCH ILLUMINATION WAS INOPERATIVE AT TIMES. *SC *JB

THE VEHICLE'S EXHAUST SYSTEM RATTLED, THERE WERE NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS RESET BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND, THERE HAD BEEN A POSSIBILITY OF PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAL ON THE FUEL INJECTION AND AIR INJECTION VALVES, THE CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT WAS FAULTY, THE HEATED DRIVER SIDE SEAT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND THE MIDDLE CONSOLE DID NOT CLOSE. SCC *JB