2006 Mercedes Benz CLK350

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MERCEDES DEALER REPLACED CAMSHAFT SENSOR THE VEHICLE HAD 52500 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR. THEY STATED IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THE CAMSHAFT PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAS 68000 MILES NOW AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO THIS VEHICLE. IT CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND I HAVE CONTACTED MERCEDES AND THEY REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE PREMATURE ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT IN A LAWSUIT FOR ME AND MAKE IT A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MERCEDES BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSUMERS WITH THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM AND MERCEDES ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ CLK350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN REFUELING, GASOLINE FUMES FILLED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH THE DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A DEFECTIVE RING AROUND THE FUEL PUMP AND TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. ...UPDATED 10-24-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED GAS WAS VISIBLE ON THE TOP OF THE TANK WHERE THE ELECTRIC WIRES CONNECT TO THE GAS PUMP. GAS FLOWS OVER THE EXHAUST PIPE AND ONTO THE GROUND. UPDATED 11/1/2013 *JS

CLK 2006 DEFECTIVE BALANCE SHAFT/TIMING CHAIN: PURCHASED OUR CAR NEW, HAVE MAINTAINED IT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, ALL RECOMMENDED REPAIRS AND SERVICES COMPLETED WHEN RECOMMENDED AND DUE, ALL DONE AT THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED OUR CAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO, FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS RUNNING ROUGH, HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WITHOUT WARNING, ON JULY 18, 2013 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT THE BALANCE SHAFT W/ TIMING CHAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART. MERCEDES IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WILL PAY FOR THE PARTS; $1,700, HOWEVER AT THIS TIME HAS NOT ALLOTTED FUNDS TO COVER THE LABOR, WHICH THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS RIGHT, TOTAL QUOTE $7,300. AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. PEOPLE BUY A MERCEDES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST AND A THE LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY. I EXPECT THEM AT THE LEAST TO COVER ALL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE PARTS OR PAY US THE PURCHASE PRICE OF OUR CAR SO WE CAN START OVER. *TR

AFTER ONLY 80,000 MILES, MY $55,000 CAR NOW NEEDS $5,200 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO FIX A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE BALANCE SHAFT. WITHOUT THIS REPAIR, DRIVING MY CAR IS UNSAFE, YET MERCEDES IS NOT OFFERING TO HELP FIX A PROBLEM THEY CREATED. ADD MY NAME TO THE LONG LIST OF MERCEDES OWNERS DISSATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF A MERCEDES; THEIR FAILURE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKE AND THEIR TOTAL LACK OF CONCERN FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. *TR

FUEL LEAKAGE/PUDDLING OUT OF TOP OF LEFT FUEL SENDING UNIT, MOST NOTABLE AFTER FILLING TANK. NOTICED AT LEFT REAR TIRE WELL OF CAR ON OUTSIDE ONLY. INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THE GASKET ON THE SENDING UNIT WAS FAULTY (FUEL STAINING NOTED ON TOP OF SENDING UNIT)SO REPLACED GASKET WITH INITIAL IMPROVEMENT OF PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS PROBLEM APPEARED TO RECUR BUT NOW CLEARLY WORSENING. FUEL SMELL HAD UNTIL RECENTLY ONLY BEEN NOTICEABLE AFTER PARKING IN GARAGE AFTER FILLING TANK, MOST RECENTLY NOTICEABLE IN OPEN PARKING LOT AFTER FILLING TANK. IMPROVES WHEN TANK LESS THAN 3/4 FULL. RECENTLY REMOVED INSPECTION COVER UNDER LEFT REAR SEAT ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER FILLING TANK. FUEL APPEARS TO LEAK OUT FROM UNDER THE ELECTRIC CONNECTION ON TOP OF THE 2" DIAMETER PLASTIC DISK, OR AT THE EDGE OF THE DISK, ON THE TOP OF THE SENDING UNIT. A 1-2 ML PUDDLE OF FUEL DEVELOPS WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF FILLING THE TANK. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM AN AUTHORIZED MERCEDES BENZ DEALERSHIP AND WAS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. AUTOMOBILE WAS GARAGE KEPT AND PRIMARILY DRIVEN TO WORK WITH HIGHWAY MILES. ONLY PREMIUM NON-ETHANOL MIXED FUEL WAS USED FROM SHELL. SUDDENLY, ONE DAY, STRONG GASOLINE ODOR PERMEATES GARAGE. MOST NOTICEABLE WITH FULL TANK. THE CAUSE WAS A FUEL TANK SENDER UNIT. A PLASTIC DIAPHRAGM WITHIN THE UNIT DEVELOPED A STRESS CRACK RIGHT AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO FACES. IT IS CLEAR THAT PROPER BONDING BETWEEN THE TWO WAS NOT IDEAL DURING MOLDING. FUEL WOULD EGRESS OUT THIS CRACK LOCATED UNDER THE BACK SEAT AND ON-TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. $1000 WAS RECENTLY SPENT ON THE REPLACEMENT OF SENDER UNIT. SOME FUEL ODOR STILL PERSISTS WITHIN VEHICLE. THIS WAS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SURPRISING CONSIDERING THE LOW MILES AND YEARS ON THE VEHICLE. REGARDLESS OF RAMIFICATIONS, GASOLINE OF SUFFICIENT QUANTITY IN PLACES UNINTENDED, SHOWS POOR WORKMANSHIP. THANK YOU. UPDATED 02/14/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED IT APPEARED THE PLASTIC VESSEL ITSELF WAS MADE BY A TIER SUPPLIER IN GERMANY. THE LEAK STARED FROM THE SEAM. *TR

WARNING MESSAGE DISPLAYED, "SRS RESTRAINT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION VISIT WORKSHOP" UPON INVESTIGATING THIS ERROR MESSAGE ON THE INTERNET MERCEDES BENZ FORUM, I HAVE DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING: 1. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AFFECTING SEVERAL MB MODELS, INCLUDING THE E-CLASS, C-CLASS, SLK, CLK, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS. 2. WHEN THIS MESSAGE APPEARS, THE DRIVER AIR BAG IS MOST LIKELY DISABLED. 3. MB SERVICE BULLETIN PB-91.60/93D ACKNOWLEDGES THIS PROBLEM AS A DESIGN OR ASSEMBLY ERROR, AND RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF A WIRING COMPONENT IN THE STEERING COLUMN. 4. MB SERVICE PERSONNEL ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO MAKE THE PROPER DIAGNOSIS AND FIX. 5. MANY MB VEHICLES ARE BEING DRIVEN DAILY WITH THIS PROBLEM, DUE TO THE COST ($700.00) AND INCONVENIENCE OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR PROBLEM CORRECTION. DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONNEL SAFETY DUE TO FAILURE OF THE DRIVER AIRBAG IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND DUE TO THE APPARENT FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF THIS FAILURE, CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE INITIATED BY MB IN THE FORM OF A MANDATORY CORRECTION. *TR