So many more here are far more MB savvy than I but that reeks of a ground issue, Im sure a guru will chime in but for all my years with other german cars I know that the ground straps are pretty important. I would check all the body-chassis-engine grounds and the elec contacts in the fuse box. I know bad grounds can manifest in many really strange ways that defy explaination.

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