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The dreaded blown hydraulic ram seal for the roof latching assembly finally hit me! If anybody is wondering whether or not an extended warranty is a good thing, the bill (if I did not have a warranty – spoiler alert I do!) would've been north of $2000!
I bought an exclusionary warranty that covers everything, because I knew the hydraulics were going to fail – if there's one thing that you could call this car's Achilles' heel, it is the roof hydraulics. Virtually every SLK I have seen has had problems sooner or later with the roof hydraulics.
If I could not get an extended warranty, I would not have purchased the car.
I should get the car back on Wednesday. The dealer is trying to talk me into replacing the roof liner, but I think it will cleanup OK, only a few drops of oil on it.
I bought an exclusionary warranty that covers everything, because I knew the hydraulics were going to fail – if there's one thing that you could call this car's Achilles' heel, it is the roof hydraulics. Virtually every SLK I have seen has had problems sooner or later with the roof hydraulics.
If I could not get an extended warranty, I would not have purchased the car.
I should get the car back on Wednesday. The dealer is trying to talk me into replacing the roof liner, but I think it will cleanup OK, only a few drops of oil on it.