Hi Guys,
I Took my 2004 E320 4matic (77K) to a local dealership that was having a
"Service Clinic" for MBCA members in Westchester, New York.
They found two issues:
- Left Rear Spring was cracked the mechanic said he could see the car was
leaning left and the crack was in the lower section which was not visible to me
on the lift.
- Front outer axle boots were leaking and the axles needed replacing.
The estimate for the repairs were $4508.80 to replace the front axles and $800
for the rear springs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The axle boots appeared to have grease around the area but I saw no obvious
cracks. I got online and found replacement axles for around $250 each in
addition to genuine Mercedes Replacement boots for $85 per pair. Anyone have
experience replacing the axles or just the boots. Should only genuine Mercedes
Axles be used? How bad a job is it? I am still having no luck finding a repair
manual.
Any thoughts on the spring replacement?
Lastly I asked him about a malfunction message I receive when I set the
instrument panel to the correct year, month and day. The malfunction keeps
reading "Main Inspection Performed on Time?". When I set the year back to
2000 the message disappears (I don't know why that works). At first they
never heard of the issue so I set it to the correct day, year and month and the
malfunction message appeared. Then another technician said to fix it involves
programming which takes over an hour because this message is a reminder that a
New York Inspection is due, the dealerships have capability not independent
shops. Anyone have a similar issue? Does any of this make and sense?
Any comments appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Bob
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