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With the first cold snap of autumn forecast for later this month, I was wondering if anybody here has now pulled the trigger and booked their car in to have it shod with free all-season tyres?
For the uninitiated, the offer came about in February when Mercedes UK finally buckled under the wave of adverse publicity regarding a design fault which caused the front tyres of RHD models to skip sideways when manoeuvring at or near full steering lock. Dealers were instructed to replace the OEM summer tyres with all-season variants for any customer who had complained. A goodwill claim against Damage Code 2113800 would be submitted by the Dealer to MB UK. The offer could be taken immediately or deferred until as late as this coming winter.
I had the OEM Hankooks on my 18" wheels swopped for Michelin Latitudes back in the summer but I was wondering about the availability of all-season tyres for 19" and 20" wheels as I've only heard of a suitable tyre having been sourced for the 21" wheel so far. Please post here if you've managed to get free new tyres on your 19" or 20" rims and let us know what make they are. Conversely, if you have run into problems getting your dealer to honour the offer, I'm sure we'd all like to hear about that too.
For the uninitiated, the offer came about in February when Mercedes UK finally buckled under the wave of adverse publicity regarding a design fault which caused the front tyres of RHD models to skip sideways when manoeuvring at or near full steering lock. Dealers were instructed to replace the OEM summer tyres with all-season variants for any customer who had complained. A goodwill claim against Damage Code 2113800 would be submitted by the Dealer to MB UK. The offer could be taken immediately or deferred until as late as this coming winter.
I had the OEM Hankooks on my 18" wheels swopped for Michelin Latitudes back in the summer but I was wondering about the availability of all-season tyres for 19" and 20" wheels as I've only heard of a suitable tyre having been sourced for the 21" wheel so far. Please post here if you've managed to get free new tyres on your 19" or 20" rims and let us know what make they are. Conversely, if you have run into problems getting your dealer to honour the offer, I'm sure we'd all like to hear about that too.