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Originally Posted by bpollard
My independent mechanic just told me that this assembly will melt from the heat (the aluminum) and to get a new assembly. I was also having intermittment problems. I have not got a new assembly yet.
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The '97 E class has a problem where the light assembly presses on the plate like electrical contacts on the package shelf. The assembly's spring type contact will overheat and melt the plastic under the plate like contacts, which will sink into the package shelf a bit. I doubt that a new assembly will be a permanent solution but it might be. I cleaned the spring contact and put a blob of solder on it so it would again press firmly on the recessed plate contact. I have about 5 years on the repair.