NHTSA Complaint #10607626 — 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ E350

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND THEY FOUND CODES 1200, 1208, P0016 AND P0017. WORN BALANCE SHAFT SPROCKET. DOING RESEARCH ONLINE TURNS OUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF AFFECTED MB CUSTOMERS. MERCEDES KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM AS EARLY AS 2007 BUT HAS NOT PUBLICLY ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE OR ISSUED A RECALL. THE BILL TO FIX THIS ISSUE IS OVER $4,000, SOME PEOPLE REPORT THE DEALER QUOTING THEM OVER $10,000. MY PRICE TO FIX THIS IS $5,995. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY MERCEDES. KNOWINGLY THEY INSTALLED, AND KEPT INSTALLING, PARTS THAT WEAR OUT PREMATURELY LEAVING CUSTOMERS WITH AN UNFAIRLY LARGE BILL TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. *TR