Mercedes quality improving?

Head of Mercedes-Benz Eckhard Cordes: "A systematic approach to quality"

With a worldwide recall Mercedes-Benz is improving the quality of passenger cars already in the field. With this measure the head of Mercedes-Benz, Dr. Eckhard Cordes, is adding emphasis to his quality initiative: "We are now producing the best product quality ever and our aim is to ensure that those vehicles in the hands of customers which are the cause of complaints achieve a standard of quality that reflects our highest expectations."

On vehicles with six and eight-cylinder petrol engines built between June 2001 and November 2004 the voltage regulator in the alternator is being checked and if necessary replaced. On E-Class and CLS-Class models made from January 2002 to January 2005, new battery control unit software is to enhance the on-board power supply. In addition, the braking systems on the current E-Class, SL-Class and CLS-Class models from the production period June 2001 to March 2005 are also to be updated.

Customers are being informed in writing.

MercBasher - 3/31/2005 11:13:49 PM

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I hope everyone notices that the Mercedes CLS has only been on the market for a couple of months and already there are problems with the brakes and the electronics - I'm not surprised are you?

MercBasher - 4/1/2005 12:20:12 AM

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The title says it all

993Turbo - 4/1/2005 6:14:58 AM

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Mercedes reliability is terrible and I won't buy another until they get their act together. It's unbelievable to pay that kind of money for a product and to have the reliability of a Yugo. BMW is not any better. Thankfully, Porsche has maintained some standards.