Just to be the devils advocate here,,,about 3 years after the warranty ran out on my wifes' 400E, the motor scattered. Took it to Rahals where I had bought cars and had that one serviced and short end to long story, a new factory short block was installed at no cost to me. I saw the bill and it was for 18 thousand big ones. The car had 69K on it at the time and they told me it was a good will deal from Benz. We still have the car and it is a fantastic vehicle.

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