Vehicle Master Inquiry Any time an MB touches a dealer, no matter how minor, even if no work is performed, it’s recorded. The dealers use the VMI to “see” the history of the car as it relates to Mercedes. My 1998 W210 wagon had an eight page VMI. The text on these is really small, like maybe 10 point font, so there’s a lot of information on eight pages. That means that the car “saw” a dealer a LOT.
If you go to a dealer and ask to see a VMI it’s likely you’ll get a blank stare or a refusal, even if it’s your car, as VMIs are internal MB documents. My dealer is pretty cool about them and if you’re the owner will share them with you. There’s nothing secret on them, in fact, a great deal of the entries don’t even have explanations or very few details, as everything is coded to operation numbers. Where there are text entries it does give you some insight into the operation that was performed. Most importantly for MB, warranty work is listed in the VMI in detail. -D > On Feb 5, 2018, at 10:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What's VMI? > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > Had the dealer run the VMI this morning. I’ve set another record according > to the dealer - the VMI is 14 pages! > > Third brake light housing is still available, thank goodness, and just my > luck, the only color left in MB inventory is blue. Nice. > > Shipper should be there tomorrow we’re hoping, so it should be here by the > end of the week at the latest, maybe a day after they pick it up. > > -D > > > > On Feb 4, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > Talked to the owner again today. Resolved a few minor questions. > > > > Headlight wipers are in the trunk. They got taken off for cleaning some > > time ago and didn’t get reinstalled. > > > > For the parts I need, like window regulator, hood pad, etc., I’ve yet to > > find anything that’s more than about $50. Amazing how cheap some of the > > parts are for this car. Third brake light assembly completely shattered > > when they tried removing it to replace the bulb. Yeah, I’ve seen that > > happen more times than I like. A new one is like $125, probably the most > > expensive part on the car. And they’re only available in a couple of > > colors, so it will probably have to be painted. Heck, a new interior rear > > view mirror is only $54.00 from Mercedes. Dang. > > > > -D > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
