Published Jul 24, 2014

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has just released an official order to all their dealers and service centers to stop warranty coverage for those vehicles that is sent in for failures due to fuel quality. Mercedes-Benz announced that failure on cars gotten from the gray market will not be accepted under the warranty as the car were not prepared to handle the local fuel quality.

MBM president and CEO Roland Folger explain that “The fuel quality in Malaysia does not meet the operating requirement of vehicles produced in other countries. As such, imported vehicles which have not been suitably adapted to the local fuel quality, may experience failures,”

Read more:  http://autoomobile.com/news/breaking-mercedes-confirms-warranty-void-if-fuel-quality-determined-cause-of-gray-import-issues/1005047/

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