Sorry, but it was impossible to squeeze my head under the front bumper, and so I had to only guess what is happening at the end of the fog light. I also checked with the dealer and those black plastic covers indeed exist and are 15$ dealer price.
It seemed to me also highly unsafe to lift the car with a jack and then put your head underneath. It is much safer to lift the whole car at a shop and then only look with a flash light to the fog light and fix it. In any case, at what page of the Owner's Guide is it explained how to replace a burned bulb at the fog lights???
It is very poor, at a Mercedes Benz (a 60.000$ luxury car) that I should have to worry about how the AC ducts are interconnected in the dash, I also think that I do not have to hear the wind on the front windshield (solved only by mechanical removal of a part of the air inlet according to MB's own bulletin).
You should follow the threads published on this forum about the dashboard noises on the new 2003 E-Class??
Mercedes Benz is simply making their cars cheaper (and smaller) and their design is poorer. One month ago I just explained how because of a very common 4" american curb hitting your front spoiler (under the bumper), breaking maybe one or two of the PLASTIC clips helding it connected to the bumper makes you purchase a whole knew bumper cover , 500$+paint shop 250$+tax, instead of having a modular bumper design where you would have to replace only the broken part.
So please where is the best car in the world??