Problems:
1) Driverside window motor...a few weeks ago it got stuck twice, knocked on the door, havent had a problem since. if its not broke, im not fixin it lol

except for 1 blown speaker, that my friends is it (knock on wood). Ive had it since 28K miles and it is my DD. I bought it from a Benz dealer. The previous owner worked there and she said she replaced the infamous tranny.

Figured I would shed some good news for us 03 owners since we get a bad rap for owning the "test model" lol. I will update you all again when i hit 100K!! BOOYA

 

right on. I got an 03 as well and have about half the mileage you have but have had no problems either, except the window. hopefully we can continue our luck.

 

Good to know. have about 25k more miles than you and i haven't had a single problem yet. No tranny, engine, or anything. Looks and drives brand new.

 

For people with 03 models, do you go replace the tranny even if its not making any noise?

 

what?

 

there would be no point if you have no problems or sounds. lol.

 

well yes technically but if its a call back then in due time no? since it is a call back why not get it replaced and have no worries...

 

i don't think it was a recall. They would have to replace a lot of trannies if that was teh case.

 

oh sorry I got the impression from reading around that it was a recall, ok

 

i just rolled by 50k about a week ago on my '03 also.

I had one window montor/handler replaced under warranty at 26k miles. Other than just belts and windshield wipers... No problems at all *knock* *knock*

 

me too......504XX. Going strong. knock knock for sure.

One of us is going to break down for this.....haha

 

i gotta 03 perf..... 70K only problem i have is that when i click the window to roll up automatically is rolls back down 2.5 inches by itself.... other than that she is as smooth as butter....

edit: i forgot to say i replaced the tranny about 15k ago.... lol before that the tranny sucked donkey d!ck...

 

just re-set the window and it will stop doing that.

 

define "reset"

 

1+ please explain idk

 

I've got an 03 Touring, it has 60k on it. It runs like a top. When I got it (55k miles) I had my dealership pull and print the service history... Nothing out of the normal, regular scheduled maintenance and recalls / tsb's. As far as my transmission goes, my shifter goes into gear like a hot knife through butter.