How Many Miles Can a Mercedes C300 Last

WantaMerc

Hi guys

Looking to buy a used C Class or CLS (haven't decided however!) likely to be from around 2011 - 2013.

Just wanted to ask how many miles practice you guys consider to be too many when buying used cars?

Or does it non really matter as long as its not ridiculously loftier?

Cheers.

MWCLS

Lots of factors to consider, price, history and condition being the chief. Equally long as a auto is maintained correctly I personally don't see miles an issue.

There is a stigma in the u.k. with the 100k marking for some reason, I've never endemic a car or kept a automobile more three or four years then haven't ventured into that territory.

SG94

I've never got that 100K thing either, especially for diesels, they're but getting run in at 120k! Haha

A mate years agone had a Vauxhaul Viva with a genuine 326k on the clock, his dad bought the car new and gave information technology to him, information technology just ran and ran and ran. I've had an Audi A4 2006 that I put 126 on with no issue bar a clutch, but that only went at around 115 then I consider that fair TBH.
If information technology's maintained, you like it and the coin is right, don't go too hung upward on miles.

Giantvanman

It isn't the actual mileage; history and status are everything. A well maintained and looked after auto with high miles is nothing to be worried nearly, particularly at but 100k. Keep in mind that some engines are used across ranges and so, for example, information technology is not uncommon for a Vito van or a C220 used every bit a taxi to have 250k+ miles and be running fine.
The 100k mark seems to hark dorsum to years ago when a car's engine was all idea to be all but washed at that mileage.

TheFoX

To be honest, if I was buying a petrol engined car, I'd want a lower mileage vehicle, and not go to a higher place 100,000, but diesels are a totally dissimilar beast.

Y'all but have to look on Autotrader to see ex fleet Mondeos with 150k+ on the clock, and they are withal running strong.

Of course, it is non just the engine you take to look at. Don't forget the braking arrangement and the drive train, also equally the suspension. Typically, shocks will fail sooner or later, giving a very wishy washy ride, and brakes/clutch might need to be checked and replaced.

Ascetically, pedals, steering wheel and seat coverings will bear witness much more clothing and tear, simply the price of the vehicle should reverberate the mileage and status.

MBDevotee

To exist honest, if I was buying a petrol engined machine, I'd want a lower mileage vehicle, and non become above 100,000, but diesels are a totally different animate being.
You just take to look on Autotrader to see ex armada Mondeos with 150k+ on the clock, and they are still running strong.

Of grade, it is not just the engine you lot have to wait at. Don't forget the braking system and the drive train, as well every bit the suspension. Typically, shocks volition neglect sooner or later, giving a very wishy washy ride, and brakes/clutch might need to be checked and replaced.

Ascetically, pedals, steering cycle and seat coverings will prove much more wear and tear, just the price of the vehicle should reverberate the mileage and condition.

I don't understand this logic?

With sometime school, unstressed diesels yes I agree, but modern diesels - the opposite is truthful - I'd far rather buy a 150,000m petrol than a 150,000m diesel present.

With all the tech in a mod diesel fuel (and to be off-white, petrols are catching up in complexity) - they are past far the more unreliable vehicle - just practise a search on this forum to see how many CDi bug there are compared to petrols.

Having said that, gearboxes, clutches/torque converters, suspension etc accept all done the miles whatever poweplant drives it (although diesels do product more than torque low downward so transmissions will be more prone to failure....

From speaking to others on the forum, the 320 petrol engine is almost bulletproof and faultless - I take non seen i mail service nigh them from a bad reliability indicate of view, merely I doubtable you are looking at a 350 era auto, and I think they have had a few more issues.

When all is said and done, some diesels volition get 800,000miles and more - merely they volition need enough of piece of work on them to keep going.

Certainly you don't have any more than to fear from a petrol or diesel that's done 120,000m than one that's done ninety,000 just because of the miles - it will be a example of luck and how the cars been driven / maintained that will count in the end - simply certainly in that location is no need to have a "cutting off" mileage.

TheFoX

Yes, modern diesels have numerous $.25 of kit to comply with European union regs, but it is nevertheless a diesel fuel underneath. Absolutely, the turbos tin blow, or the DPF filter can block, but these can all be sorted.

One affair that stands out is that if someone doesn't follow a proper service schedule, things can neglect. Turbos usually fail around the 150k mark, equally my friend with the BMW found out.

It can easily exist a matter of good luck and a quality service authorities. Some people buy a pig that has goose egg but bug, and others buy something that has footling outcome.

The problems with mistake reporting is that we don't get a practiced balance. If everyone had to report whether they had a fault, or whether they had faultless driving, on an annual ground, then we'd get a much better picture of vehicle reliability. In this imperfect earth, we only ever get to hear about the woes of ownership, and rarely the pleasures.

How many threads are there on this forum saying how reliable the CDI has been over the last 12 months?

A friend of mine who is a diesel fuel mechanic has the opinion that you should rag a diesel until something goes wrong, then fix it. Chances are that information technology won't neglect again. Of class, that is his stance, but since that is his task, his opinion probably holds a lot of water.

I wonder how many people take problems with diesel considering their journeys only aren't long plenty. I do a 15 mile journey to work each day, and I know this isn't long enough for my car, then I have a longer journey the weekend to really run the auto in.

I am now on our seventh diesel, and apart from a blown injector seal, take had no issues with those 7 diesels, and I do virtually 15,000 miles a twelvemonth.

219 · Aug 26, 2015

My C270CDI was a catalogue of disasters , bought at 115K and all five injectors needing done over the 40K or so I did in my ownership , add in swirl flap failure , glow plug failure , block heater failure , duff thermostat which caused information technology to run cool and poor mpg , and numerous other bug with the machine which combined to make it the most unreliable car I've owned .

My merely other diesel was a W124 E250D , normally aspirated , and in one case serviced with new glow plugs ran well for the short time we kept it , despite dodgy transmission gearbox , sold to a forum member who after exported it to Hong Kong ( after information technology came here from India ! ) .

Contrast that with my petrol engined cars , normally bought with 100-150K and taken well beyond 200K , other than dizzy cap replacements on M103/104 engines , a h2o pump on one M102 , and a second M102 swapped out due to CHG failure ( could have been repaired merely swapping the 1.viii for a 2.three was my preferred option ) .

I ran my W114 280E from 48k to 272k , engine yet going strong simply body shot ; W116 280SE from 150K-250K no engine issues merely once more concluding rust ; W123 280TE from 100K to 200K , trouble free , W123 280CE 150K-230K trouble free , W124 300TE 40K-200K diff failure at 200K , 190E 150K-230K water pump failure at 1 betoken , 190E 2.6 150K-200K+ can't remember mileage when sold only only needed light-headed cap/rotor at one indicate , W126 500SEL 150K - 250K trouble gratis and the prize goes to my 300TE-24 which was only showing 180K when bought , but service history subsequently proved true mileage to be around 430K on second engine , original engine replaced at 380K , automobile da faultlessly until written off . Current 300SL-24 knocking on the door of 150K and running sweetly , every bit is the 190E with exW124 2.3L unit on around the same mileage .

I've also had lots of VW's , both aircooled and water cooled with similar reliability .

I for ane will never buy some other diesel .

DavidL

The only issue with high mileage cars is getting rid of them!
Does it thing if a car is on it's 2nd or quaternary clutch. It's been inverse and works properly!
A well maintained car with paperwork to back it upwards is a good buy regardless but at higher miles it does need to be priced accordingly every bit this is what you will hear when it comes to sell.
The numbers on the nuance are irrelevant as you cruise down the superhighway as long as everything is working properly.
I'm (hopefully) about to acquire my third car with over 100k on it and my daily 944 turbo has 253 on information technology. That is a cracking car and at its historic period the mileage is barely relevant - unless I want to sell it.

For the OP on a newer auto I suppose high miles ways lot of use simply equally long every bit its all documented, at the right price, I would allow it put me off.

automaniaman

Ownership wont be the result with a high mileage automobile, information technology is when you sell it...

219

Every bit I either run mine into the basis ( hard to do with a Merc ) or give them abroad when finished , selling on is a non consequence for me .

TheFoX

Some dealers just won't impact anything over 100k, regardless of the status.

Also, if a turbo blew at 70k, and a new one was fitted past the manufacturer or their appointed dealer network, that component would have a fresh warranty.

Things do neglect. When Mercedes replaced the blown injector seal, I got a 2 year warranty on that component.

I'g not arguing whether modern diesels are more or less robust than their predecessors, but a lot of issues tin ascend when something isn't carried out in accordance with the manufacturer's service schedule. After all, they create these schedules based on what they know of their engines.

You could easily buy a depression mileage diesel and accept more problems than a higher mileage, or it could be the other way effectually. When buying annihilation that is exterior of the manufacturer'due south warranty period, you lot are taking a take a chance.

I still think that a service schedule and maintenance history should be fabricated part of the MOT records, and then non merely would you accept admission to all the MOT tests done, but you could also meet when remedial work had been washed and services carried out, independently of the manufacturer. If an electronic MOT can listing failures and advisories, it can also list any work carried out during the course of the last twelve months.

Remember that paperwork tin 'disappear', whereas an electronic record is in that location indefinitely.

Deleted member 65149

I bought my 1999 CLK230 two years quondam and with 78,000 miles on the clock. It had a full MB service record. With that mileage in such a short time it was obviously mainly used for long journeys and unlikely to have had as well many runs from common cold when most damage is washed to an engine. In the 11 years I had the motorcar I had to supersede a light switch and a runway rod end, nothing else other that tyres and pads.

zipdip

I suppose I come from the era where fourscore,000 was a lot of mileage and it shapes how you think but in those days petrol engines were thrown together,the tolerances were huge,with diesels fifty-fifty modern ones as long equally you service a diesel fuel from new you benefit when the auto has done lots of mileage,of course the modernistic cars have lots of extras on them and with complication comes problems,my S 320 has some weird ways the drivers door mirror does not open every time needs door slammed,sometimes starts from cold with a roar other times tranquility as a mouse,only it uses no oil between services and I am enjoying owning it,i suppose that is what it is most.

TheFoX

How many miles is too many when ownership a used C class or CLS?

Well, if you desire the funny respond, it is 237,462 for the C form and 237,465 for the CLS, considering it is probably driven a trivial better.

A pertinent question might exist... Practice I reset the clock when I replace/recondition the engine/gearbox/unequal?

This is such a hard question to answer. Likewise, as someone has said, what sort of miles has information technology done. 100,000 thruway miles is a lot amend than xx,000 country miles, because the engine will be worked harder, every bit will the braking system, while negotiating bends, turns, junctions and towns, whereas the motorway traveller volition just exist cruising, with hardly whatever stress on the major components.

Also, short trips are more detrimental to a diesel than long trips, so it is not just about the odometer. A armada car that does superhighway miles would probably be a amend bet than one that does town miles.

In other words, how long is a piece of cord?

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