Think yourself lucky

[frontman]

Think yourself lucky you have a Surf. Some may be put off buying a Surf after reading these Surf related problem pages with it's constant barrage of cracked head & rear window problems. But after my father in law got a "99 Volvo S80 I had a look at the S80 equivalent to this site and let me tell you there is no " anyone got a water temp sender or rear drivers side electric window switch"
If you do put a second hand alternator on there's a chance it won't work, if it does work when you have it plugged in to a main dealer's computer it will most probably shut down some of the 40 onboard computers.

[slobodan]

Couldn't agree more. I went on a Merc forum to sort out my wiper motor, bl00dy ell, everything goes wrong with them.

[Bogus]

Couldn't agree more. I went on a Merc forum to sort out my wiper motor, bl00dy ell, everything goes wrong with them.

Only the "new" ones. Nothing goes wrong with my 92, 230E

[slobodan]

Only the "new" ones. Nothing goes wrong with my 92, 230E

good, mines an old C 250.

[JD_975]

Not a lot went wrong with my 88 300SE, nothing is built like it used to be

[shokenore]

My 60 plate Vito has.....

dashboard lights that could trigger a seizure.
blue tooth that works part time some of the time.
cabin lights that don't.
fan/air con demister relays that sound like somebody is using them as castanets .
and probably the worst bit the radio/cd player that works for about 4 minutes every hour.

Oh and the rear end got stoved in but I don't think that was due to build quality.
been back to MB four times now and still none the wiser

[TonyN]

I got a used drivers door window control panel for a 00' S80 awhile ago, turns out it would'nt work until reprogrammed to suit the actual car by a dealer.

But dealer will only programme new ones, as reprogramming used ones dosn't always work!

It only makes the windows go up and down FFS!

Car makers have lost the plot.

[NiftyNev]

Car makers have lost the plot.

No, they are developing the "plot' so eventually, anything on a motor vehicle will need to be fixed, replaced or whatever, by a dealer, at huge expense.

Nev

[Bogus]

No, they are developing the "plot' so eventually, anything on a motor vehicle will need to be fixed, replaced or whatever, by a dealer, at huge expense.

Nev

Nev,s right as regards development, selling new cars has never been particularly profitable, the money has always been in spares/repairs. They are just taking to a whole new level. Thats why Im sticking with my "old bangers"

[dieselboy]

Nev,s right as regards development, selling new cars has never been particularly profitable, the money has always been in spares/repairs. They are just taking to a whole new level. Thats why Im sticking with my "old bangers"

I think every once in a while there needs to be a thread such as this to reiterate our choice in motors.

[frontman]

I'll stick with what I know (or what I can find out from the nice folk here)