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Originally posted by Norm in FLWill I have owned a 1983 300D, 268,000mi (a tank of a car)Sold , Then a 1987 300D,230,000mi, Totaled in an accident. And the last a 1996 E320,122,000mi, just sold today. I have never been so happy to get rid of a car. I have owned 12 or so cars and trucks. Chevy ,Dodge, International. I have never had the heads off of any of them untill the 1996 E320. My current 1978 Chevy truck has 300,000mi now. Many other E320 problems like the front sway bar that rips its self out of the bottom of the frame( I have photos). The wiring harness, mine was replaced just before I bought it. What has happened to the Mercedes , Or is it just the one that I owned??????????? I think I will be looking at Lexus. Good Luck to All! Norm in FL
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Better try another 300D
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Originally posted by DslBnz
Dealer concluded that the battery had leaked acid on the wiring casing underneath the battery tray. The wiring harness and the battery both had to be replaced. WHY THE HECK WOULD MB USE A CLOTH-LIKE SUBSTANCE, BIODEGRADABLE, AND CERTAINLY SUSCEPTABLE TO A SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID LEAKAGE?
Just a poor design. Very poor.
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Sorry, but it was owner's fault. How does it feel to run Mercedes-Benz with crappy acid battery? Ever heard of Calcium? Try a sealed battery like a Bosch Silver, that makes less than $100.
Saw many people around who don't perform any sort of maintenance, use bad quality supplies(gas, oil, coolant, sparkplugs, battery etc) to save a few bucks and later cry with crocodile tears on how the car failed in the middle of a traffic jam at 100 F while running to a business meeting
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Originally posted by iblu
Is it me or did MB lose its famous reliabilty when it got to the states? Might an agreement made in 1995 allowing MB for US market to be assembled in either US or South America be the reason?
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If the car was actually
built on the American continent, the carelessness for details (see above) is understandable (ever heard the story of the blonde girl with a Toyota?)
~Nautilus