Water entering around windscreen.
The very loud alarm has sounded for no reason more than 1,000 times. Five Mercedes dealers have been unable to cure this.
Gear selection problems. Dealers unable to cure.
Very poor braking caused by failed power assistance.
Central locking failed.
Very noisy, mainly tire noise.
A badly made vehicle made worse by unhelpful and incompetent dealers.
There has not been one day in more than two years when the vehicle has not had a fault of some kind.
Mercedes three year warranty is not worth much when dealers are unable to solve problems.
As a (former) V-Class-Driver I can assure you that the reported problems really exist. From model-year 2000 there seems to be a new problem: Corrosion.
I have collected loads of (german) comments of unsatisfied users. From model-year 2000 there seems to be a new problem: Corrosion. In the mentioned V-Klassen-Forum germanspeaking Drivers can find a lot of technical help.
http://de.geocities.com/suprarenin/Mercedes_V-Klasse/index.html.
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