milky rear corners of rear windshield
is this possible to clean or fix or must i get another windshield.

Sounds like it is delaminating.

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You don't say which car, but I'll bet its a 126 Body. probably 300SD, or SDL.

Its very common on this cars, and yes it is delimitation. Nothing you can do, except change the window.


Phil

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'95 E300 Diesel, 264,000 Miles. [Sold it]

ok... will change the window.

Just curious. What car?

Phil

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'95 E300 Diesel, 264,000 Miles. [Sold it]

1983 300 sd

Thats what I thought. I used to own the identical car and had the same problem. The vast majority of these cars have this problem. Just look around you, and you will see what I mean.

Phil

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'95 E300 Diesel, 264,000 Miles. [Sold it]

My wifes '83 300D is starting to do this as well.

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'84 300D Turbo 240k (Anthracite Grey) - Garage Queen
'83 300D Turbo 220k (Orient Red) - WVO - Wifes daily driver

I'm not a certified mechanic, but I did stay at a HolidayInn Express last night.

My '83 300D's windshield is milky in the lower drivers' side corner. What exactly is delaminating, and is it necessary to replace the windshield if there is no other obvious problem? Or is this a safety hazard of some sort?

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1983 300D-T
348,000 miles

Mine was doing the same thing in the bottom corners. I changed it with one from my parts car, although that one is starting to do it as well.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Yep! Mine too. I've hunted around and found most scrap yards are charging a couple of hundred dollars. The call it "back glass" by the way.

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

There are 2 kinds of safety glass, tempered and laminated. The laminated kind is made of 2 thin sheets of glass, pressed together with a clear plastic sheet in the middle. In case of an accident the plastic holds the glass together.

If moisture or air creeps in between the glass and plastic it causes a milky white spot. This usually occurs at the lower corner of the windshield or rear glass. There is no cure for this other than replacing the glass.

But it is not harmfull or dangerous, except if it gets bad enough to interfere with your vision. Other than that, it's just unsightly. You can safely ignore it as long as you can see clearly and it is a small spot out of your line of sight.

If it affects your vision and you have glass coverage your insurance company might pick up the tab for a nice new rear windsheild!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

yeah to most all of the above... waste of time to replace with used. new installed is around $300 on most for me at local glass shop.

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