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Nahh..
They removed it for your own protection... if they had left the dipstick in place, you would have used that lint filled dirty shop rag that's been laying in the dirt behind the building to check your fluid level and destroyed their delicate electro-mechanical transmission.
When I talked to the parts guy- he said the failure rate was equal between what they see in the W124 and W210 bodies. Tech editor for the star ala Stu Ritter has suggested many times fluid change might be helpful. His old shop does lots of W210 trans in the 70-80 k mile range.
A fluid change to me is relatively cheap and easy insurance for the future. I don't care if it's synthetic or not- just makes sense to remove friction material from the oil by CHANGING it!
Michael
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Michael McGuire
83 300d
01 vw A4 TDI
66 Chevy Corsa
68 GMC V6 w/oD
86 300E
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