This happened on my father-in-laws 210 (1996 E320) -- the first time he had it repaired at a body shop -- the second time (on the other side) MB fixed it at no charge -- last I heard he was trying to get them to reimburse him for the previous repair. He said that they told him it was "the tower" that ripped off. This all happended within the last 8 months and we live in the rust belt (nothern Illinois).

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Dan

1986 560SL (52.5k miles) sold 11/24/04

1987 560sl (55.6k miles)