AAMCO Santa Clarita
25845 Railroad Ave, Santa Clarita, CA 91350
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25845 Railroad Ave, Santa Clarita, CA 91350
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Much better diagnosis than the dealership. And they did more work for 1/2 the price.
We own a 2003 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter motorhome that kept going into limp mode. Once our Sprinter, manufactured in February 2003, reached 200°F, the engine wouldn’t go past 2000 RPM but if we downshifted and manually shifted gears, we could get it back to speed. The first mechanic we took it to could not read any of the codes, and therefore was unable to help us diagnose the problem. He suggested a trial and error type of repair approach. Next we drove 20 miles to another highly recommend Sprinter repair shop only to be told that our vehicle could not be worked on because it is a 2003 and is mechanically different from the Sprinters that were made the following year. In other words, they did not have the tools to work on our van. Next we bought a little Autel scanner and attempted to scan the vehicle ourselves. We made a little progress but nothing that helped us fix the problem. Then I remembered in 2019, we took the Sprinter over to our local Aamco dealer, Mark Beaulieu, for a window repair. I remembered that he was able to get the codes from our vehicle. I got in touch with him and asked him if the codes that our vehicle threw would be in their computer system from 2019. Mark said they should be and I told him I would stop by the shop to see if we could get them. I did and they were! Next we took the camper to Aamco to have it scanned. Mark was able to read the new codes and suggested we leave the camper at the shop for diagnosis. After assessing the vehicle, Mark discovered that the hose between the turbo and the engine was disintegrated. He replaced it AND JUST LIKE THAT our camper RAN PERFECTLY! He also filled the tires and tied down the battery. Mark was the ONLY MECHANIC that was able to help us! Needless to say we are now very happy campers! We highly, highly recommend going over to see Mark at Aamco for all of your automotive repair needs!
