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Not happy to hear about that, but at least they entertained the question. I just took a look at my wagon, and it does have very small cracks in the same area.
I'm afraid I'll be having the same repair to my car. I'll get a couple opinions first, push the dealer for a warranty fix (the 107 series have lifetime warranty on cracks in their rear lower control arms, why is the 124 series different?), and then consider my options. I really wanted to be driving this car for another 10 to 20 years....
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I feel your pain. If they are still small, I would consider having them welded and then reinforced with a second piece of steel. If you get MB to pay for the repair, please let me know. I have a $3,000 invoice for them. Chris
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I'm going to check both my wagons, 1988 and 1995. I think I'm going to call them, Alpha and Omega . . . :-) neil |
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Would you do me the favor of registering a complaint with NHTSA? Here is the link for making the complain on-line: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm I'm going to do same after I've showed the dealer and gotten their opinion.
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:-) neil |
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Good!
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Certainly the rusting does not increase the strength. Something preventative about that can be done. I am thinking a coating sprayed on and inside any member of a oil and grease mixture resulting in a pretty thick vicosity.
Since the problem was experienced when the cars where much newer as well in just might be a design fabrication that was too light for loading purposes. Pure stress cracking because of the flexing moments resulted. One thing for sure even though these are station wagons. I would not overload them. The self lifting rear end equilization might have fooled users. For example when loading a half ton truck on the heavy side the resultant sag clues me in to when enough is enough. In fact conciously keeping the weight carried back there low might extend the lifespan. Conversly if I felt the rear end would come back up I could easily go overboard. Human nature to push things sometimes. The gentleman in question that found no evidence of problem on two of his examples was refreshing. There is hope they wil not all develop this problem. Another factor is going to be the overall accumulated miles. Certainly one area to carefully check out prior to the purchase of one of these. A somewhat miserable problem to address so you certainly do not want to buy it. Really great that you posted the problem as more people like myself are now aware it is a valid concern. |
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Hi Guys
Just read this post from start to end and the question that seems obvious to ask is this: do you not have an annual inspection of your vehicles like we have in the UK ????????????? Along with emissions testing the vehicles are lifted into the air and carefully inspected mechanically with particular attention paid to load areas such as suspension fixings etc. That would have definately been picked up over here and it would have failed the exam and not been allowed on the road until fixed and another test passed. Your 3000 dollar invoice needs to be sent to the last testing station you used. |
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