We bought a 2013 180B with 30,000 km. The first service 10,000km later showed a raft of problems amounting to about $5,000 in repairs. Instead of having these done by a Mercedes service centre, we took it to a local trustworthy mechanic who told us that the car was perfectly fine with nothing wrong.
2 years later at 50,000km a warning light came on and it was difficult to diagnose the problem. Another Mercedes service centre and $1700 worth of repairs to an oil seal which apparently required 8 hours labour. 10 days after this, the warning light...Read more

I have a B180 petrol which my partner uses as a daily driver to ferry the kids around. It covers over 25,000km a year and is now about years old. Our car has gone through the A & B service intervals and I find it as good as when we first bought it.

Driving is not inspiring at all and I feel that the 1.6L engine is slightly under powered for a car of this size. Add 5 people in it and you will notice the obvious driving dynamics (or lack of) when driven back to back with a BMW 2 series active tourer. But who are you kidding? This is a min...Read more

Classy car. This is a very nice car and my favourite to drive. So many features - self parking, 9 airbags, collision warning, seatbelt indicators or all seats, brake hold function, reverse camera, front and rear sensors, ambient lights inside car (dash and door handles), etc.
My B180 is a demo with the vision and command package with larger screen, led lights, sun roof.
I previously had a 2006 Volkswagen Jetta and this has the same power but so much smoother and quieter. It is so clays and much better. Also had a 2007 Corolla and you can't co...Read more