Hi,

I have a Mercedes GL 350 CDI Blueffficiency 2010 model with 12 000km and had failures on the aircon compressor within 10 000km.

Now the front suspension has all sorts of noises and creaks.

Seems that this US built SUV is not up to Mercedes Quality.

I want to return my to the dealer.

It's going for R800k any takers.

Ingo Steinhage

cell.083 6503771

I am not an old man but an experienced and satisfied M/Benz driver. After owning 2 ML's in 2009 purchased GL350cdi I have been surprised by the performance off-road (Botswana- Savuti- Caprivi)by this GL.Fantasic!!!!!!! Not experienced mechanical problems yet @ 48k km's.

Does this model really has brake repair problems? I've read lots of complaints about it on Mercedes Benz repair. Im about to buy one next month and I'm having second thoughts.

Jealousy get's you nowhere!!!

I have had the privilege of being driven in one of these a couple of times last year from Durban to the Drakensberg and I am still amazed at this giant. Once inside you dont feel you are in a big car at all and the off-road capabilities are startling to say the least. I can travel up to one thousand kilometers in my Astra GSI in comfort but on one occasion after the Drakensberg exploits when I switched back to my Astra it was as if I am sitting on a brick. You've got to drive it at least once to prove it.

Maybe just as pointless as a massive house with 5 bedrooms when it is only you and the wife?

What a completely pointless, selfish vehicle. Even compared to its 4x4 brethren, this monster is indefensible in the 21st century. Unless you live in the middle of the bush (nope), up a mountain without a road (nope) or in a place with 3metres of snowfall on a regular basis (nope) AND you have a wife and more than 3 kids - how can you possibly need this thing? I love cars, but in a city, this thing is akin to taking a cr@p on your nieghbour's lawn in broad daylight - it just SCREAMS, "FU" to all the other humans out there...