You know, I'm beginning to understand why some folks are a little PO'ed about their Mercedes. I just finished going through a heck of an ordeal with a broken off glow plug. Then I changed the coolant and buttoned everything up figuring that I was finally ready for some troublefree miles with this car. So my wife took the car out today and the rear driver's side window goes crashing down into the door while she was driving. Ths is a common issue with these cars and it didn't surprise me that it finally happened. I ordered the part today for $70 and will fix it myself, but if I was paying labor charges for all of this I'd really be upset. Even so, this is way more than one should expect from a Mercedes.

Parts will be here in a few days. In the meantime if anyone has a good tip or two for doing this job, please let me know. I've found some good posts via the search function, so I think I know what to expect.

Len
'99 E300TD 72,000 miles

Did you get a reply on this matter.. It is a very easy job.. you can do a search ..

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Peter L. House
1998 Sport E430
Azure Blue
110,000k Miles

1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon
V8 Bucket Seats
Factory Moon Roof

Thanks Peter - yes, I found it via a search and finished the job this morning. It went relatively well. Only problem I had was getting the rivets to pop. They never did, but I think they are seated well enough to outlast the regulator.

Len

Same happened on my 96 E300D. Where do I get the regulator for the rear right window? The motor is OK, so I just need the cable system. What is the procedure for replacement?
thx
henryk

Cheapest place I found it was Caliber Motors. Got the MB part from them for less than the World Pac guys. Do a search. Lots of info on the how to there. Bascially drill out the old rivets and pop in the new rivets. Don't forget to buy the rivets too and have a heavy duty rivet gun on hand.

Len

I had to replace 3 of these plus 1 was fixed under warranty.

Do you know how I fixed it? I don't put the back windows down. After the regulators are 1 year old the white connector fails. I told Mercedes that this was an engineering defect. They called the factory and said 'no'. I asked Caliber how many they fixed each week. They said 14. Seems like a defect to me. Maybe it is to keep kids in the back seat from getting their arms stuck in the window.

Also, I have gone through 3 air mass sensors. They seem to go out when I am in the mountains.

Do you want to know how I fixed it? I don't take the Benz to the mountains.

Needless to say, this is my last Benz. I'm switching to Toyotas.