to his local Mercedes dealership’s workshop, but when he did he was told that the wagon’s hybrid battery pack had come to the end of its life after just eight years.
Singh, 63, claims the dealer quoted him £15,000 for the battery pack, but that price excluded labor charges to fit it, which would be charged at £200 per hour. Bear in mind that we’re not talking about a 80 kWh battery; the unit in“I’m horrified by what has happened,” said Singh, a longtime Mercedes owner. “I feel I now have just two options – scrap the eight-year-old car or spend more than it is worth.
starting at £800 . We’d be grabbing one of those and getting shot of the car double-quick if Mercedes refused to cough for a replacement.that it couldn’t comment on the case without having specific knowledge of it, but did say that customers are informed about the battery certificate and that the unit of Singh’s 2014 car was covered by the standard three-year unlimited mileage warranty.Looking through various Mercedes forums it’s clear that this problem is not an isolated case.
Go BEV, skip the technically impaired (P)HEV.