Smilie face is gone, but I still like the car. I have not had to pay for anything other than regular service in the almost 5 years I've had it. Assuming this doesn't break the bank it won't have been a bad run with this car at all. I do realize what could have happened had this failure happened at speed and I am grateful to be OK.

I have found other instances on the web where MB Canada has covered half of the fix, so I will let you know how that goes. I do have the service receipt from 1.5 years ago where I took the car in and paid an hours worth of labour just to have the suspension checked over. They said I was OK at the time.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired