Parking light sockets.
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2009 C300 Sport
Parking light sockets.
So like it seems to be common. My parking light sockets are melted, I swapped to LEDs about a year ago but now one won’t work at all. Swapped it with a known good one and nothing. I searched but everything I came up with was old. My question is has anyone found a replacement socket for the bulb like I said all the posts I found had links that were not good anymore and I’m tired of seeing a “check parking light warning”
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From: Western NC
2009 MB C300 Sport 4matic
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...al+socket,4092
This part appears all over but RockAuto is the cheapest. You have to fish out the wires from your headlight/parking light (those "can MB use a cheaper, thinner wire!!") , get 2 lengths of new wire, long enough to give you some better work room in this snug spot. I cut the OEM wires at the base of the melted socket, carefully stripped the insulation(fragile here), twist joined the new wire(s) which I had added to the other end(s) the socket you have to assemble (the metal prongs the bulb slips into with wires crimped, grommets, it will be obvious). Tried to heat/solder the twisted new wire/OEM wire but looked like insulation was going to melt away into the depths of the headlight case so twisted tight and coated with Superglue, followed by a smear of RTV to further insulate. Has lasted a year plus so far. A PITA because of the location with little room to attach and insert new socket but doable.
This part appears all over but RockAuto is the cheapest. You have to fish out the wires from your headlight/parking light (those "can MB use a cheaper, thinner wire!!") , get 2 lengths of new wire, long enough to give you some better work room in this snug spot. I cut the OEM wires at the base of the melted socket, carefully stripped the insulation(fragile here), twist joined the new wire(s) which I had added to the other end(s) the socket you have to assemble (the metal prongs the bulb slips into with wires crimped, grommets, it will be obvious). Tried to heat/solder the twisted new wire/OEM wire but looked like insulation was going to melt away into the depths of the headlight case so twisted tight and coated with Superglue, followed by a smear of RTV to further insulate. Has lasted a year plus so far. A PITA because of the location with little room to attach and insert new socket but doable.
