Has Mercedes Always Been This Bad?

gingerfold:
The latest update on this troublesome Mercedes Actros. Since it went back into service after the injector problem…if it ever was a problem? The truck failed again going into limp mode and had to be recovered to the Mercedes dealership. They diagnosed a NOx sensor fault and replaced it, which was another 3 working days lost and a 4 figure invoice. I told our main depot that I wanted the truck replacing, so yesterday it was doing its last job for me with the driver scheduled to change into another unit at our main depot. And guess what, it went into limp mode again, running on about 3 cylinders and had to be towed in. The Mercedes dealerships obviously haven’t a clue what’s wrong with it. It’s now six weeks since it first broke down and we’re no nearer to a solution.

A few years ago an owner driver on Tyneside had his Merc lettered up, " Actros prone to catastrophic engine failure". He drove it with this legend on it for some time, until Merc finally did something about it. Regards Kev.