If anyone has a 2014 Merc with the 651 BlueTec engine and Mercedes haven't been in touch, I strongly advise you pop down to your local dealership asap.There is a problem with a washer on the cam chain tensioner apparently and there are 70 odd thousand vehicles to be recalled in the UK alone.Funny then that I can only find details of a US recall so far....

http://www.automotive-fleet.com/news/st ... -risk.aspx

I had the misfortune of having my 6 month old Vito seize up on me 2 days after Xmas. Luckily I was well treated by Mertrux Derby and they had me back on the road inside a week with a new engine fitted. Looking on the bright side it's wiped out the 45,000 miles I'd done but it really is poor on Mercedes part.The first recall news item I found was 18th December in the States so why so slow here?

So that's 3 Vito's I've had since 2008. The first caught fire after 9 months and now this.Good job I love them really,though the middle one had done 355000 without much of a problem.

Anyone know if I have any chance of pursuing Mercedes for any losses incurred?

Cheers