The new SL is gorgeous (outside especially) but I keep seeing horrorstories from owners who post their experiences on various Internetwebsites. They are remarkably similar - aside from smelly designoleather those car have rattles and spend more time in the shop thanwith their owners.Curiously, other SL owners seem blissfully free of any problems.Why are some SLs so "bad" and others so "good"?It's nowhere near a cheap car so how can MB allow this degree of ownerdisatisfaction? Anyone care to comment on their '02, '03, '04 SLs?Michael

Michael, check out my website and see how I perceive Mercedes SL's with myexperience with a 1983 380SL.Personally, I would not ever again purchase a new Mercedes and feel that youwould be better off with a pristine example 10 years old where you can examineits engineering, its design, and reliablity. Mercedes are neato vehicles, butto purchase a new one is a crap shoot - MHOOC.

Why do the new SLs have such patchy reliability?

Jun 05, 2004 41 Replies

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pool man 21 years ago

CHRYSLER

the case, minus a few cans!

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Dori A Schmetterling 21 years ago

I dunno. My CLK cabrio does not seem to creak and shake & roll. From what I remember, at time of purchase (2000/1) it was the only car of its type that was like that.

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For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

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