Fault SL55

I have a faulty SL55 that has cost me £76k, the garage in Brentford have had it for 8 months and are not giving any repair date or replacement. I have written numerous letters and explained that we have driven the car 30,000 miles in 6 years and all the time the engine cuts out when it reaches 40mph locking the steering wheel and causing the whole car to shut down when I am driving it...

Asked on 16 August 2011 by Sharon G

Answered by Honest John

Try to get it sold as it is. Another reader had a problem with an S Class that was damaged in transit for repair to Mercedes Benz Chelsea. He spent £40,000 + in a legal battle against MB and only got £20,000 back, plus his by then totally wrecked S Class. MB is a very formidable opponent.

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