Nissan and Mercedes were both sued over a major factory defect that could leave owners stranded and with a massive repair bill. Nissan settled their lawsuit but Mercedes didn’t. In this video I show the horrible defect that caused major transmission issues, what to do about it and what happened with the lawsuits.
Coupon Code for Testing Strips: Legit.
Enter this in the customer comments when checking out.
http://www.acustrip.com
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Here is the master list of offenders. I just started this so give it some time. You guys rock and I know I will have a bunch of mechanics posting up all the notorious cars with this issue.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SfwUvhpO7ADKBIaGrjA-X6IqwNWJbTNPwO-3DxAbgRM/edit?usp=sharing
Email me for the official Technical bulletin from Mercedes. This will show you how to check for faulty radiator. legitstreetcars@gmail.com
Nissan lawsuit info.https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/2436-nissan-radiator-defect-class-action-settlement-reached/
Mercedes lawsuit info.https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/mercedes-benz-lawsuit-valeo-radiators.shtml
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Why are these test strips not publicly available? I have searched around and it seems like its only sold to workshops. Anybody succeeded ordering these lately?
Nissan super reliable? Really 😂😂😂
I wonder how much backlash you got for this,, even knowing your love for the Merc.
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Toyota too suffered from this… The 3rd gen 4runner loved!!, Emphasis on love milkshakes.
I love the video sir 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Thank you sir …i did not now dies informations.. let me ask you this by the way…my cousin have a LX 2001 Isuzu automatic transmission, 6 cylinders. It shut down every time enven when it's running…still can't find the problem..do you have a idea what can cause that sir
Is this series dead?
Autotransmission oil should dielectric while coolant in radiator is glycol & water mixture + antirust. What about putting a sensitive sensor at drain sump of autotransmittion and link to a external gauge in dash board. This way it is able to display detection of water (being part of the coolant mixture) as soon as leakage had just started. To me bypassing the radiator to an external oil cooler for transmittion oil looks like a good idea as long as the car is not operating in area which have winter condition. Imagine in winter the autotransmittion oil could be as low as -10 deg C. Upon starting up the transmittion oil need to able to go up towards 50 deg C asap. But once it get up toward 100 deg C it need to be cooled down. The coolant section at bottom of radiator is normally at around 55 to 70 deg C. Perfect place to warm up transmittion oil in winter and for cooling down once approaching 100 deg C.
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All volvo 850s from the 90s did this too. Both mine, and my buddies were leaking internally and mixing the fluids. Luckily it wasn't too far gone yet and a radiator replacement and a trans fluid flush was all it needed
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I will never buy anything new from Mercedes due to bad biz. No way. Never give Mercedes any more money never.
I have a 2007 E350 W211. Should I be worried about my transmission?
I had experience with 212 facing this problems
I know this is a few years old but why not plug the trans lines and use an external cooler? Great content, loving your channel.
Alex is one of the few people that age did them well😂
I have a 2006 E280 3.0 v6. It's the face lift model, and I believe it has a separate oil cooler.
Here because of WatchJRGo covering exactly this topic with his Nisan Xtera flip.
Good stuff here bro. When I get home I’m gonna check my e55.
What kind of tint is that on the benz or the color?????
I used the original trans cooler on my new Exttra only for my trans . Trans lines connected to trans cooler only , I skided the radiator .
$50 for ph strips??? No way JOSE' keep that high dollar crap.
Hello I follow your videos and was wondering can you do a defect video on the Mercedes Benz OM642 engine
Does the 2010 c class gla have this problem?
how about dont buy the piece of #$it.
Parts for my ml are cheaper than any Japanese car I've ever owned.
Hi, have you heard any complaints about the w205 engine regarding piston issues that's in the 2017 C300? Thank you
New to the channel but I like this kind of content. Keep it up man!
The look on Alex's face at 0:43 is just priceless.