I just purchased a used '00 S500 and, of course, the phone didn't come with the car. It's all wired for a CDMA phone including voice activation. Any suggestions on buying the right phone which will work in the car AND with my current service provider (Cingular)?
i have one! its my moms, she took it out of her old S because it went to the dealer. they traded her into a new E in a horrible scam deal. (info on the S below)
I bought my 2001 S500 new. With very little miles on it a message was displayed on the screen "airmatic visit workshop." So I went to the dealer to put it in the "work" shop. After laeving it there they told me nothing was wrong. The message came up every few often so I took it back to the dealer. They told me nothing was wrong and to stop comming back. With about 20k miles on it I was driving down the interstate and it started to feel like the wind was blowing. I pulled over at a gas station and there was no wind so I kept going. While driving it still felt as if the wind was blowing so I pulled over and called roadside assistance. They told me nothing was wrong and to keep going. As I drove on it started to rain. I had been driving for about an hour and I had to pass a SEMI truck. When I changed lanes to the left the right air compressor went out and the suspension collapsed. I started swerving all over the road. When I got controll of the car I pulled over at a gas station and had the car towed home. One year old $80,000+ car on a tow truck. It stayed in the shop for a while. When I got it out it went back to the shop about once a week. I would tell the service rep "I'll see you in a week." The cashier called my car a "hooptie" and said they where many with the same problems. Also the tail lights would go out often, A bolt on the A-frame was broken, and the plastics on the inside were always broken.
sorry to here that...the same thing happen to a friend of mine with the suspension, an error msg came up in the cluster saying call shop do not drive, all 4 of his shocks went and the car dropped down to the tire and was unable to roll! the reason the service rep told you its not a problem is every s class or should I say 99% of the s class' that come in give the error msg that you received. The mssg can be reset by turning the wheel all the way to the right then left then right again and that is all they do trust me I know...after getting no satisfaction from mb service of Manhattan I finally found a service tech that would work on the car after hours and he showed me a lot of quirks that the car has...
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