DaimlerChrysler recalls the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

[BlitzR]

Originally Posted by AutoBlog

DaimlerChrysler has announced that it is recalling 2005 and 2006 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren models due to a problem with the electrical system. The $450,000, 617-hp car with a top speed of 208 mph could catch fire due to the high temperatures generated by the electrical system and the resulting damage inflicted upon the vehicle's alternator. So far, no fire or accidents have been reported. The recall affects 433 vehicles in the United States, and will involve replacing the alternator and installing a modified control unti. Vehicles elsewhere in the world are being dealt with as well.

[joemoefro]

Rooooops, after tons of testing one would think this would have been worked out... They didn't half to really, 626bhp is the answer.
eh

[Blind_Io]

One recall? That's not bad

My Jeep had about 5 in the few years I had it and at least one before I bought it. Most were software updates, one was a wiring problem, one installed a heat shield - some of them also made additions to the owners manual.

[BlitzR]

I guess there have been worse, I remember a certain Korea car which had weld failure around the suspension area. Big recall.

[thedguy]

Suprise Suprise, a German car with an electrical problem.

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

One recall? That's not bad

My Jeep had about 5 in the few years I had it and at least one before I bought it. Most were software updates, one was a wiring problem, one installed a heat shield - some of them also made additions to the owners manual.

Your Jeep cost how much brand new, and how many of them are made? Granted the design hasn't changed for shit in decades so it shouldn't have problems but still.

Why can 15 year old mass production Toyota have less recalls that Mercedes' limited number flag ship car?

[GraemeH]

Precicely because it's limited number. If car X is going to sell 1000 times as many units as car Y, you spend more time/money testing car X, and just what you can for car Y.

Also, an SLR is pushing the boundaries of technology quite a bit more than a jeep.

[Wizegui]

Yah you really can't make that sort of comparision unless your comparing vehicles in the same class.

-duders

[Viper007Bond]

Just keep it going fast enough to keep the electrical system cool at all times. Problem solved.

[thedguy]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Just keep it going fast enough to keep the electrical system cool at all times. Problem solved.

*in worst german accent ever*
"It's perfectly reliable if you keep it above 180mph"

[bartboy9891]

Maybe they'll replace them all with real supercars

[Topher]

"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."


Anyway these things happen

[No Boss]

Originally Posted by Topher

"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."


Anyway these things happen

"With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels."

/kudos to you fine sir.