Of all the cars I helped people to get last year, both the ones I sourced, maintained and delivered and the ones I went for Pre-purchase Computerized Inspection
Only one made me feel bad, it was a 2016 GLA250 Mercedes Benz
All the other ones are in perfect condition, infact 95% of them still runs with no Check lights till today
The guy that bought the GLA messaged me in November from TikTok while I was in owerri looking for love, unfortunately no love in Owerri so I returned
He messaged me few days later by 5:30pm to come inspect the GLA for him, I told him my fee, he accepted so I went there
The car has a very good history abroad, everything seemed okay except for the hard steering which was later fixed, bad abs speed sensor was the cause
It was already 7:30pm, everything in the car was working perfectly, turbo wasn’t lagging, no leakage no smoke etc
Due to time, we couldn’t test drive the car to at least 5KM or 20 minutes , we did just 2Km and no issues, the car passed all other tests I subjected it to
He paid, drove to the car to Ikeja that night and left for Oyo State next morning, what happened next is what I can’t tell
He called me to complain that the car was smoking, white smoke 💨, temperature was okay so it’s not top gasket, engine was losing power, hard starting
Run diagnosis and get me the DTC codes asap let me see, he did and ECM was complaining of turbo boost pressure low only
Take the car to a Mercedes Benz Mechanic, tell him to check for vacuum leaks and if possible, change the waste gate behind the oil dipstick then he should check the coolant line to the turbo or the turbo seal’s for oil leaks to stop the white smoke
He took the car to Mercedes Benz Kazeem, person wey no sabi where coolant line is nor waste gate, I showed him via video and instructed him on what to do but nah, he spoke in Yoruba that I shouldn’t teach him his job Bla Bla, he’s going to fix the valve seal etc
Within three hours, he has dismantled the engine, pieced everything and accused the dealer of swapping the engine block and top cylinder
For peace to reign, the dealer sent money to the mechanic to get another engine block and top cylinder
After fixing the new engine block and top cylinder, the issue was still there, the guy became frustrated, called me again and i insisted on checking the turbo for leaks
Truly there was leakage, little oil was dropping into the turbo thus producing white smoke, he replaced the turbo and air filter even when I advised him not to
White smoke stopped, turbo boost pressure still low, timing became over advanced etc, Naso Kazeem tell am say gearbox no good, that I got a bad car for him 😢
He finally brought the car to Lagos where it was later fixed, without touching the gearbox
That experience made me feel bad, Kazeem did that car dirty, then shifted the blame on me
The old engine block, top cylinder, turbo and every other thing he condemned in that M270 Engine, he took them, imagine the value
This year 2025, avoid Kazeems by all means 🙏🚘