DIY DISASTER WARNING
Sometimes It Costs More to Do It Yourself
Have you ever tried to do it yourself?
Have you ever considered trying to fix your own car in order to save some money?
Sometimes it’s best to hire a professional.
You may plan on saving some money, and maybe learning a little something about your car in the process, but in the end, often times, you end up spending a lot more time and money than you had intended.
Take this case in point, a 1999 Mercedes Benz C320 owner.
Our lead technician, Tony, said that the customer was having some starter issues, and so they decided to try and repair their starter themselves. After having trouble getting it to work, they decided to bring it to us to figure out what was causing their issues. As you can see in the video, the issue had to do with a faulty ground wire. Had had some proper maintenance been addressed, it never would have escalated to an issue with the starter.
Thankfully, Tony was able to get the issue diagnosed quickly, and get the customer’s car put back together. Go ahead and give a quick watch to the video above for a little bit of advice from Tony, one of our All Star repair and installation experts.
“Good morning everybody. Tony here, We’re working on a 1999 Mercedes C320. The customer tried to replace his own starter because the car wouldn’t start. He brought it to us in pieces. We put it back together and installed the starter that he wanted to have installed. The car still wouldn’t start so then we further diagnosed and found that the ground wire had broken off because he had bad engine mounts. So a little bit of lack of maintenance kind of thrown him in a spiral and could have prevented what he’s dealing with now. A $20 ground wire would have been easy to replace and some engine mounts and he would have never had to deal with the starter issue. So keep up with your car’s maintenance and bring it to us when you need servicing.”
If you have any questions about Mercedes Benz auto repair, or other foreign auto makes that we service, or if you are having any issues with a starter on your car, we can help. Feel free to give us a call, or fill out the contact form on this website, if you have any questions. You have an emergency, you can have your vehicle towed to our location in Oakland, California.
We are a full-service foreign auto repair shop focused on BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mini Cooper, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen makes. We would be happy to help fix or provide servicing for your vehicles.