Only reason for leaving a 2-star review is so that it would stand out against the other 1-star…read morereviews when people are viewing Google reviews, or else it would be a 1-star review. Not impressed and feel like Mercedes-Benz dealership has been a scam. I came in originally because I knew one of my air struts was going out or had a leak on the left side, which I expected was the front left. After doing a water spray test on all 4 sides, they said 1 out of the 4 had a leak (back right), which was the OEM model, and the other ones were aftermarket, which were doing "good," says the service department. $1,400 also discovered a leak from my power steering reservoir, another $2-300 part online (I could see where the problem was wasn't an issue, decided I could do that myself). I approved the one air strut fix also. While fixing that, they discovered another problem which was over $5,000 fix (power steering rack and pinion $6-800 part OEM, by the way, not counting labor). When I came to pick up my vehicle after the diagnostic, I noticed scratch marks on my vehicle and parts of my protective trim missing from my windows, guessing power washed too close or hand washed too hard, and when I discussed this, they told me someone would be in touch. I never received a phone call. I waited originally to see if I could put that part in myself but didn't have the time working 6 days a week, decided to let them go ahead with proceeding. After 4 days, I didn't hear anything back about the part coming in, so I gave a phone call in, and it seems like they haven't even ordered the part after 4-5 days, so I drop my vehicle off to get the repair and also ask about the damage on my vehicle and proceed to tell me that sometimes those things can happen with the protective trim parts but with no resolution to what they could do to make anything right.
Now I got my vehicle back.
A day later, I noticed my car running a little off but didn't think much of it because it's just been fixed, right ? Haven't been driving it around town much, just here and there to work, and then I notice it's getting worse and get out my car to find my car still leaning hard on the left side. I bring it back in less than a week being out of the service shop and find that the front left air strut is leaking, which is what I originally thought it would be, so they send me out another quote of over $ 5,500 to fix the remaining three so the issue doesn't happen again. Overall, I have not been getting what I thought would be top-line service taking it into the Mercedes dealership compared to other shops around town. I don't recommend anyone taking their vehicle into this dealership based on my experience now. After further review, I didn't have to replace my whole back right strut; it's a separate component and only needed to replace the bag. The only time you have to replace the bag and strut is when it's in the front of the vehicle. Real scam artists that are used to taking people's money. Don't ever take your vehicle into the Mercedes dealership in Tri-Cities, Washington, and still, after a month, no resolution to the damages that were done to my car. As a customer, it seems to me like they don't really care.
