W205 C250d - Injector issues

[stugolf]

Hi guys, not a very Mercedes username but had it for ages! finally about to purchase my first Mercedes!

Its a W205 C250 Estate Premium Plus in Diamond white, it’s a lovely car, quick question, my friend works at various prestige car dealers and told me to completely avoid the c205d because of injector and other engine issues? Very unreliable, he’s sold various coupe’s, e class’s and used sprinter vans and all of them have been very reliable and broken down, he suggested getting the c220d as they don’t have the same issues, I thought they were almost the same engine?

I can’t really see that they are from my research the OM651 engine seems pretty reliable compared to other of the same generation including from the W204.

Does anyone have any advice or long term reviews of this, recalls or information relating to the engine they can share?

Cheers

[Tony1963]

I bought my W204 with the 250CDi engine new in 2010. That was a few months after the fuel injector issues had been sorted.
My car is now on 147k miles and the injectors are still fine, still the originals.
I’ve not heard of injector issues since 2010, perhaps others will chip in.