2007 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Engine

ALTHOUGH I NO LONGER HAVE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS LEASED, AROUND A YEAR, A YEAR AND 4 MONTHS AGO, MY MERCEDES BENZ WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AS WELL SO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ON FOR WEEKS/MONTHS. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO A MB DEALERSHIP THEY HAD TO FIRST GET MY APPROVAL TO TAKE APART THE ENGINE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE I SAID OK SINCE IT WAS A LEASED CAR. ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM THEY SUGGESTED I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BASED ON A PROBLEM W/ THE CYLINDERS AND THAT THE FACT I HADN'T GIVEN THE VEHICLE THE PROPER OIL CHANGES, HOWEVER I BELIEVE IT WAS A PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE BALANCE SHIFT GEARS. SO THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST ME AROUND $7000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY PUTTING IN A BRAND NEW ENGINE, I ASKED IF MB COULD HELP W/ THE COST BUT THEY REFUSED, CLAIMING THAT SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE A RECORD OF SUFFICIENT OIL CHANGES THEY WOULDN'T HELP....SO I HAD A TOW TRUCK PICK UP THE CAR FROM THE MB DEALERSHIP AND TAKE IT TO ANOTHER SHOP WHERE THEY FOUND AN ENGINE AND PUT IT IN FOR A LITTLE LESS, I HAD TO HAVE IT DONE SINCE IT WAS LEASED AND I HAD TO RETURN IT BACK TO MB. I HOPE THAT MB TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. *TR

FC 1208 COMPLAINT FOR ENGINE/ENGINE COOLING; A BALANCE SHAFT ISSUE. *TR

MY MERCEDES C280 4MATIC, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 62,000 MILES, DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY "ENGINE BALANCE SHAFT" WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST AROUND $6,000 TO FIX AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS. PART SHOULD BE RECALLED ! VERY DANGEROUS, AND WAY TOO COMMON TO NOT BE FAULT OF MERCEDES. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 SPORT. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE USED WITH 32000 MILES ON IT WE STARTED HAVING BALANCE SHAFT PROBLEMS. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD THE BALANCE SHAFT SENSOR, AND MAGNETS REPLACES ALONG WITH THE CRANK CASE SENSOR. THE VEHICLES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL COMING ON AND WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD THE BALANCE SHAFT SOLENOIDS NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. *TR

I TOOK DELIVERY OF A NEW 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C280 4MATIC VEHICLE THE 1ST WEEK OF JANUARY,2007 & ON JANUARY 14, 2007 I WAS RETURNING HOME ON A US HIGHWAY IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA WHEN I APPROACHED A SMALL (8 INCHES TALL) HOUSE CAT OR POSSUM & WAS UNABLE TO AVOID RUNNING OVER THE ANIMAL. RATHER THAN THE ANIMAL MAKING CONTACT WITH THE "SKID (PROTECTIVE) PLATE" & FALLING TO THE PAVEMENT, THE ANIMAL BUSTED THROUGH THE PLATE & ENTERED INTO THE RADIATOR FAN UNIT DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE (APPROXIMATELY $3000). UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE "SKID PLATE" WAS A THIN PLASTIC COVERING NOT CAPABLE OF DEFLECTING THE IMPACT OF AN OBJECT, BUT RATHER ALLOWING THE OBJECT TO ENTER THE ENGINE CAVITY. I WOULD REQUEST THAT A STUDY BE DONE TO DETERMINE IF THIS PLATE MEETS THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS. *TR

2007 C280 MERCEDES-BENZ LEASE WITH STALLING PROBLEMS**CC THE CONSUMER STATED 31 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN THE CAR WITH HER DAUGHTER THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HER OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS BAD GAS. THE CONSUMER STATED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS ASSESSED THEY INFORMED HER THAT COIL #4 WAS THE PROBLEM. *TR