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Originally Posted by no_limit I don't know which survey you are taking about because in JD power league table for 2008 Merc E class was at 8th place with 5 star rating with over all CSI score of 84.2%. Merc C class was at 17th place with over all CSI score of 82.8% ( BMW 5 series was at 46th place, Audi A4 at 20th place and A6 at 22nd place. |
You will appreciate that we are discussing quality and reliability, factors which it is too early to gauge a 1 year old E Class on. Plus, while we are discussing quality / reliability ONLY, the power league table includes things such as brand value, performance, comfort, features etc. etc. which, we agree, Mercedes scores highly on. I reiterate : The point of this discussion is RELIABILITY.
Some facts WRT quality / reliability of Mercedes:
1. You bought your car in 2005, correct? Here is an excerpt from JD 2005: Quote:
However, there are notable exceptions, not least the Mercedes E-Class. It finishes second bottom in this class and barely makes the top 100 overall. Worse still for Mercedes, the C-Class finishes only two places above the E in this sector.
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2. In 2006: Quote:
In the last JD Power survey Mercedes ranked a dismal 21st, while in the past three years it has tumbled from fourth to 10th in the What Car? Reliability Index.
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3. BTW I respect Consumer Reports FAR MORE than JD Quality. Reasoning? CR does NOT accept any funding / advertising / income from the auto industry, unlike JD, and very much like Team-BHP itself.
In the Consumer Reports Brand Reliability 2008 rankings, Mercedes ranked SECOND LAST of ALL BRANDS. And in 2007, Mercedes scored ZERO on CR's recommendations. Simply put, CR could not recommend a SINGLE Mercedes model. Quote:
Some European automakers, particularly Mercedes-Benz, had sunk to the bottom of our predicted-reliability Ratings in recent years.
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Among the least reliable used cars ranked by CR: The MB SL, SLK, CLK, CLS, E Class sedan, R-Class, M Class.
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4. And the most important of the lot - Team-BHPs own ownership surveys show an overwhelming majority of owners dissatisfied with the reliability of their cars. Not a single model was ranked even average for reliability.
We'd really have to be naive to ignore Mercedes' several quality problems over the past 7 - 8 years. Quote:
Thud may have hardly anything to do with `build' quality. Build quality does not mean doors only. It most probably means door thickness and has nothing to do with how reliable the other 20-25,000 parts are. Tata trucks make an even bigger thud noise, but very few people accuse Tata (and Skoda??) of making vehicles with great build quality.
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Well said. Related Discussion |