it really seems like this is a common occurance. I was even talking to an MB service advisor and he said he was shocked this had not been addressed with a service campaign.

Im a member at http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170-slk-class/

Im the second guy that has had his go bad in over 6,000 members.. it is rare... Considering they use this part in several cars.. my used one came out of a ML...

Here is a picture of the part.. http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t158/Chris-A-album/yaw.jpg

Here is a good DYI to get to the part.

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