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W210 DANGEROUS FLAW please read (crosslinked in post #1 to all on topic data)
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as a new owner for E320 1997 I am concerned re. the stories of failure of spring perch...my question:

is it a problm only restricted to cars driven in freezing cold and wet winter countries (i.e. seasonal exposure to salty water is necessery to demonstrate the defect??

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Omar
UAE
1997 silver , Avantgarde
E320 W210
101000 km

Not necessarily, although informally it seems there are a larger number of failures in climate where roads are salted and in coastal marine environments. The heavier engines (E300 and E420's) also seem more prone.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Have seen a lot of them around here, but don't know if it is climate induced.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Does anyone know for sure if this problem was ever fixed in the later W210 cars? I read on another forum that post-2000 cars don't suffer from this problem but I wonder if it's just a matter of time before they do. On some British site I also read that in June 2001 MB started making these cars more rust-resistant. But I don't know if any of this can be relied upon. The reason I ask is that I might be upgrading to a 2002 W210 sometime soon and I'd hate to go through this issue again.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL