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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
The W210 was made from 1996-02 or 03.
The early W210's with the bigger engines seem to be the most prone to this problem.
Also Gilly has said the AWD cars have a stronger spring perch. So far 4 Matics do not seem to suffer this problem. I have also never heard of a later 2000+ model dropping a perch. 96-97 models seem to be the worst.
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Don't forget that time is its enemy...the reason the early ones are failing recently is because they had seen 5, 6, 7 and 8+ years worth of corrosion. The '96 and '97 cars didn't fail in 2000, they started failing a couple of years ago. It may be too soon to know if the problem continues until the 2000+ models get a year or two older. I have seen numerous recent posts from owners of '98 and '99 cars with failures.