Thought we had bought a good car when we bought our first A class/ Mercedes. We had the car two months when we returned it to the garage we bought the car. The car would not select gears. thanks to the garage it was fixed free of charge. Then as the car reached approx 60,000 miles the engine just died. The car had to be left in to the main Mercedes Dealer in Belfast.
To my amazement it was the fuel sensor, which cost me a staggering £917.00 to repair.
When we got the car back from the garage it was discovered that the rear spring had broken, this was repaired at a local garage and not the dealer. now the car has reached 80,000 the airflow meter is causing problems and the car stops at junctions. stay away from a class cars unless you want high repair bills.
1. The car is a poor effort from Mercedes
2. Not bad to drive on motorways
3. Seats very squeaky.
Please I at the moment drive a ford puma 1.6S it drives superb, but Iam struggling with the space and am considering the AClass having test driven the CDI model and loved it, but after having a beetle and having numerous problems am needing some solid advice please let me know.
I had an A160 Avantgarde and was glad to be rid of it. The interior quality on all pre-2005 A-Classes was marginal and will rapidly degrade with age. Mechanically the car broke down several times and was expensive to repair. Air mass flow sensor failures are very common in pre 2005 A-Classes and cost a staggering amount of money to fix. The entire ECU module had to be replaced as the sensor cannot be changed by itself.
2005 and later A-Classes are much better, so if you're considering an A-Class, please do not buy a second hand model.
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