Hey all,

looking at a 97 mercedes e420 with 80k miles.

From the small ammount of research Ive done. A few things tend to go wrong with this model.

(in no particular order)

1.) transmission (control module?) goes into limp mode freaquntly.

2.) plastic oil feed lines in head break?

3.) front spring perches rust and fall through?

4.) Rust

5.) anything else I'm missing or should look out for?

I appreciate any help in this matter. I just allways loved the bug eyed look of this e-class and circumstances have dictated that i have the opportunity to own one at a reasonable price.

Its just that if i but another car and something goes wrong My fiance is gonna kill me.

I plan on taking it a local auto tech place for a point inspection aswell. Im thinking with the lower miles the engine and trans should be ok but I just dont want it to turn into a 3k lawn ornament lol.

Again thanks for any help.