Originally Posted by duxthe1

As a mercedes technician I tell everyone who asks to stay away from any 140 chassis car. They are huge money pits. On any given day I can take any random 140 and find 1000$ worth of necessary repairs on the spot. The suspensions ARE problematic with control arm bushings that are underengineered, shock mounts that loosen up and rattle, front springs that break....ect....Add in door checks, window regulators, vacuum pumps, blower regulators, a/c evaporators that are all common problems and you havn't even stopped it from leaking or fixed the check engine light yet. Bottom line is that as someone who intimately knows these cars, you couldn't give me one. They are in my opinion one of the biggest piles of **** to ever roll off a mercedes assembly line. That being said they are and will continue to be the backbone of the independant mercedes repair shops for the next 10 years.