The Automatic gear box has failed after only 27,000 miles.
The cloth seats and other trim has dirtied very quickly and does not come up with cleaning, the leather look trim is flaking. The alarm has activated without apparent cause several times.
That aside it seems quite a nice to drive and handles reasonably well.
There is an issue when reversing and looking over your shoulder, there seems to be a bit of a blind spot.
The Air con works reasonably well.
With the arm rest down accessing the seatbelt fittings and handbrake are difficult.
Exactly the same happened to my father in laws A-Class Elegance Automoative. His cars gearbox ECU went at 30K. The garage wanted £1600 to repair as it is a 15 hour job. It was only 3 months out of warranty. Instead he traded it in for a 2004 manual 1.4i as he loves the car itself.
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