Does anyone know for sure if this problem was ever fixed in the later W210 cars? I read on another forum that post-2000 cars don't suffer from this problem but I wonder if it's just a matter of time before they do. On some British site I also read that in June 2001 MB started making these cars more rust-resistant. But I don't know if any of this can be relied upon. The reason I ask is that I might be upgrading to a 2002 W210 sometime soon and I'd hate to go through this issue again.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL