IM THINKING ABOUT GETTING A USED 2004 CLK500...BUT THE CAR HAS NO WARRANTY ON IT. HOW DOES MAINTENANCE ON THESE CARS WORK ONCE THE WARRANTY IS UP? IS IT JUST OIL CHANGE/BRAKES/FLUIDS? IF SO, WHY CANT I JUST DO THIS AT HOME? WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE MERCEDES THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS TO DO IT? IVE DONE ALL MY OIL CHANGES ON NON LUXURY CARS MYSELF, SHOULD THIS BE ANY DIFFERENT? ALSO, IS THIS CAR RELIABLE? ANY COMMENTS HELP, PLEASE GET BACK TO ME.IM GETTIN A USED 2004 MERCEDEZ BENZ CLK 500....HELP!?
2004 clk500 is pretty reliable car, and looks, feels and handles 100x better than any lexus. if you can do basic things like oil change, replacing spark plags and brake pads than this car will be cheap to maintain. working on mercedes is really easy, and you can do everything at home. oil filter on mercedes is located at top of engine, which makes it pretty easy to change, you can actually just get one of those oil suction devices like %26quot;topsider%26quot; and change the oil without even getting under the car. and you can change the oil only once a year / 12000 miles whichever comes first, just use a good synthetic oil approved by mercedes, mobil1 0w40 is pretty common one that dealer uses. also spark plugs are only changed every 100000 miles. mercedes in general are really easy to work on if you have basic mechanical and electronic skills.
mercedes dealership is usually pretty expensive, so once the warranty is over there is no point taking it there for basic maintanance, and that's why people think mercedes are expensive since dealer charges more than $150/hour. if you use a mechanic that knows how to work on them will be a lot more cheaper since they charge twice less than the dealer.
enjoy your clk500, it;s a great car. good luckIM GETTIN A USED 2004 MERCEDEZ BENZ CLK 500....HELP!?
It might have a few issues but nothing too serious, it doesn't have Lexus' legendary reliability, but still it's ok.
You probably don't have to take it to the dealership just to get an oil change, but it's recomended.
If it does brake down(which it might) all you have to do take it out to the dealership and pay to have it fixed, which can be a little expensive.IM GETTIN A USED 2004 MERCEDEZ BENZ CLK 500....HELP!?
You realize that when something breaks on a Mercedes it is going to be uber-expensive. It's not like a Honda, where you need to do just oil changes, brakes, and change the fluids once a year. This car has a lot of electronic bits as well as sensors.
