Problems with 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Car purchased and always serviced at fletcher johes, newport beach, ca..a total of 20 plus faults and 13 weeks in repair out of 12 month of ownership...had asked dealer to take the car back and replace it with an alternator. dealer wants us to trade in and purchase a new car. after paying $50,000 for a quality name, this seems like a joke. 1. foul amonia small from a/c when car is first started. dealer changed ventilation filter but smell continues. 2. radio button sticks. dealer says mb does not want to fix this. car is warranty for another four years. 3. convinence settings for lights and mirror keep resetting. dealer says they found no fault code but this problem remains. 4. when going up hill the transmission upshifts and the car goes to a crawl then stalls, when accelator is pressed, the transmission downshifts to 1st gear and the car leaps forward. dealer says they found no fault code but this problem remains.*ak

The car has been a disappointments since i got it in january 28,2003. it has had many problems and the dealership said its fix. autohaus mercedes benz in pompano beach , florida sold me a car that has been to the shop more than 10 times . 1)whippers very loud and don't clean. 2) fuel gauge does not work 3) tire sensors do not work 4)stereo shuts off and on 5)alignment problem car pulls to the right. 6)engine is very loud 7)engine hesitates. 8) sos malfunction 9)mercedes benz phone does not work. 10) lowjack system that they installed has not worked properly since they put it on. when they sold me the car they said that they were going to come out with a gps and a voice activate kit for the mercedes benz and now they tell me that they were not going to make it for my car so i was lied too . my car has been to the shop more than 10 times and still not fix and the service manager has lied to me because he said that the items are fix and two days later they are bad again . i will not recommend mercedes benz to anyone as they are not what they just to be. also i will not recommend to anyone autohaus in pompano beach , florida they do not believe in customer service and they service manager jerry odessy only lies to people as it did to me several times and he is also very rude . i have also e-mail the president of autohaus and he has never responded and the corporate office is not to far behind about customer service and rudeness . do not buy mercedes there are a lot of better car out there . if you buy a mercedes make sure you car was not in a flood as i read that a lot of their cars were in a flood and they are selling them like nothing happend. *jb

My 2003 e 320 has been in the shop 3 times because when i come to a stop at times it will suddenly shut off and all the lights on the instrument cluster will light up. the problem is intermittent and the vehicle has 19,000 miles on it. *ph

The 2003 mercedes benz e500 has a faulty gateway module and software. this module has resulted in problems being reported in my car that the brakes, self restraint system, telephone system, and tire pressure have failed. i have no way of knowing if the the safty systems are operational or not. at this point i am driving a car that says my srs system is not working. i have been in the mercedes shop no less than 3 times to have the problem repaired. it simply re-occurs after each repair. *ak

On the '03 & '04 e class there is no way to set up the preference for the radio to scan to the next pre-set station from the wheel, or any where else. its is not a choice to be selected in settings or any where else. it will always scan to the next frequency that is on air. the '02s had the choice available to the owner in "settings", but not the new e class (w211's) in the usa. *ak