2003 Mercedes-Benz CL CL500 from UK and Ireland - Comments

14th Jan 2009, 14:58

"Great car, but the paintwork lets it down"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Rust.

General comments?

Great car to drive, but rusting away. The dealer who I bought the car from have been really great. The car went in for a small amount of rust on the rear wing, but now they say there are three large areas of rust, so they are going to replace the rear wing completely free of charge.

It took about two months to get this far to get the work started, and I just hope this will be the end of it. But from the comments I have read on this site, this might just be the start of a long battle with M.B.

I would like to wish everyone with rust problems on your Merc the best of luck with our on going problems.


16th Jun 2009, 16:53

It was my understanding that manufacturer dealers never sold cars older than 5 years. The reviewer must have meant used car lot instead.

Also the rear panels on the CL500 are supposed to be made of aluminum and aluminum supposedly doesn't rust.

So what is the real deal?

Does anyone in North America have the rust experience?

I haven't seen or heard of it yet.

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