I was not talking to you, klingon.

My post was directed at the OP... you know the guy who is still having probs with his SLS.

 

Who are you?

 

It's not a total of 27 Specialists; it's a total of 27 AMG Speed Centers- meaning the dealership has spent too much money for pretty much nothing. Okay, so they get more allocation of AMG; but EVERY MB Dealer has a Master Tech that is Certified to work on AMG.

But interesting to note; not everyone has a Tech qualified to work on the SLR-McLaren.

 

Look at the big brains on Brad!

 

Just heard back from MB USA. They told me there is nothing they will do for me. In anyway shape or form.

The car is operational now and thats all that matters to them as far as they are concerned.

I politely took the information and hung up. The gentlemen taking my case stated that he would try and get me some compensation for my time back and forth from the dealership, I told him I won't hold my breathe.

So my dealership and MB USA have told me to kiss off in not so many words.

What now fellas? I need a car oriented attorney fast!!!

 

does your situation qualify for Lemon Law? There is a guy on YouTube who had a GT-R that had major transmission issues non-stop. He went through some sort of arbitration with the BBB and got a refund from Nissan plus interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-31R2piOE

Quote from this guys YouTube video:

I get a full refund plus any interest paid.

BBB took care of the arbitration and made the process extremely painless. Nissan not so much, but I don't want to go to into detail without legal advice. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share the audio, but I would love for you guys to hear what transpired.
I'll also check to see if I can publish the arbitrators findings.

@ 1:10seconds into the video watch the tach and accel pedal gauges and notice that when I hit the throttle 100%, the car hesitates for 2-3 seconds. If you watch the tach for almost three seconds it sits at 1,000rpm and actually goes backwards on the 2nd second. In the car it feels like a dead pedal. You learn to drive the car's pedal is an on-off switch because it won't go.

and yes I sound like a mad man because I'm so frustrated with the transmission in what is otherwise an impressive vehicle.

I currently have 2200 miles on my car. I've had a transmission failure at 400 miles and since then multiple transmission issues. 1) The clutch slipped on take off leaving work on a turn in a slippery area and the car shut down and told me to pull over. I was told verbally that they did see an 'irregularity' by one of the service techs but it was not documented on the the service ticket. 2) The car will not accelerate after coming to a complete stop or after slowing down and then reaccelerating. This has caused numerous close calls, one where a bus had to almost come to a complete stop on a highway to avoid hitting me. 3) The transmission has got stuck in first gear on two occasions with two different drivers. I was driving down US19 at 20 mpg runing 5-6k RPM and it would not switch into second with all switches in normal and transmission in Automatic.

I've had it in for service 5 times for this issue and two times it's been towed in. I believe the total time in the shop has been ~18 days.

All of these issues are driving the car non-aggressively, usually within the first 5 miles of driving and using automatic mode with none of the race mode switches on.

The dealership has had the car 5 times to solve these issues. The Nissan manager even test drove my car on March 8th and immediately drove another 2010 and told me when he got back that it appeared to him that it was abnormal and he did not have the delay in the other car. Despite that I got a call on March 11th to pick up the car, they found nothing wrong. I got the paper work and they stated they did not notice a problem. I asked the Service Manager about what he said on March 8th and he stated again that he didn't think it was normal. I asked him to put that in the service ticket and he would not. I asked him to put in the service ticket that I was concerned for my safety. My wife told him the same thing because she drove it once and it got stuck in 1st gear so she will no longer drive it and he said he'd have to call Nissan of America, he did and told me he could not alter the service ticket. He also made an odd comment, in his exact words, "Nissan has deep pockets". I refused to sign the ticket and took the car. I assume that meant that it would be a bad idea to sue but I'm not exactly sure.

This morning, March 12th 2010, I put a camera in the car. It's only a matter of time before I get one of these issues on camera. I will be uploading them if I do. The video that you see here is of today at lunch after someone pulled out onto the roadway and I tried to take off. This is not one of the problems that I'm claiming on my three main concerns but you can see what I deal with every day on a car that is claimed to go 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

 

Talk about being laughed at straight in the face...

 

I am the guy who had similar condensation problem with my SLS, and trying to let him know that the headlight condensation is apparently an easy fix if he would just bring it to a place with AMG centers. At least thats what the tech at mb bev hills told me. Who are you?

 

It does not qualify for Lemon law yet. Its only been in the shop for a total of 10 days. With 7 being the longest block. It needs to be there for a total of 30 in the first two years of ownership. Or 15 in a row.

Its only had 5 complaint (4 documented) it needs 9 total.

This is what I don't understand. Why not take care now in good standing with me, instead of allowing me to flog the car and use it over the course of the next 23 months then Lemon Law the car out and get all my money back?

 

lol i have a lexus rx and the headlights were having condensation problems and i took it to the dealership to have it replaced under warantee. the headlights still condense but only after i put it threw a car wash. This seems to be a major problem since they have a freaking website just for the headlights lol