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Can someone run my vin to see if I am in or out of range of the issue please? Thanks. WDBTK56F67TD82968. I have had the car for 6 years but just now decided to use it as a daily driver. Currently it has 50K miles. Thank you in advance
Pls check my 2007 Mercedes R350, vin number 4JGCB65E67A041568, and engine number 272967 30 448632
Applicable Models (Not Applicable to Model 164.156, 204 or 216.386): Equipped with M272 Engine Up to Serial No. 2729..30 468993
so yes your car is in the affected range
@Rudeney Thanks for helping everyone here Rodney and others: Just finding this thread.. years later, wonder if anyone's still active in the conversation, as I am considering a 2006 e350 wagon, yet need help to discern if the engine is potentially effected by the balance shaft issue. VIN WDBUH87J06X191375 and I just went to the site as directed, and this is the engine number: Engine 272972 30 137802 and also an image attached ... would greatly appreciate any replies!! Or fair warnings if this potential purchase is too risky. Thank you! also @xsever
@Rudeney Thanks for helping everyone here Rodney and others: Just finding this thread.. years later, wonder if anyone's still active in the conversation, as I am considering a 2006 e350 wagon, yet need help to discern if the engine is potentially effected by the balance shaft issue. VIN WDBUH87J06X191375 and I just went to the site as directed, and this is the engine number: Engine 272972 30 137802 and also an image attached ... would greatly appreciate any replies!! Or fair warnings if this potential purchase is too risky. Thank you! also @xsever
Engine serial numbers up to 2729..30 468993are affected so since your engine serial number is 137802, that means it is within the range.
@xsever @rudeney thank you, are the prior wagons e320's safe? Or are later models (2004 for ex) also possibly effected? Or any other known red flags for the Wagon e320's? Thanks to anyone who has intel -- Tantz
@xsever @rudeney thank you, are the prior wagons e320's safe? Or are later models (2004 for ex) also possibly effected? Or any other known red flags for the Wagon e320's? Thanks to anyone who has intel -- Tantz
The 320s use the M112 engine which is not affected.
Hi guys, could you pleas kindly provide me with more information about WDD2210561A048552, is there any issue/ defect with the motor. is it problematic? Can you also provide me with more info about incidents with the car? Real km check until now? Thanks in advance!
Hi all, I am 24 hrs away from purchasing a 2007 Mercedes E350. Build Date June 2007. VIN WDBZ110562B138429.
Can someone please help me work out if this car is effected with the balance shaft sprocket issue?
Thank you all in advance.
Hi all, I am 24 hrs away from purchasing a 2007 Mercedes E350. Build Date June 2007. VIN WDBZ110562B138429.
Can someone please help me work out if this car is effected with the balance shaft sprocket issue?
Thank you all in advance.
@Rudeney Thanks for helping everyone here Rodney and others: Just finding this thread.. years later, wonder if anyone's still active in the conversation, as I am considering a 2006 e350 wagon, yet need help to discern if the engine is potentially effected by the balance shaft issue. VIN WDBUH87J06X191375 and I just went to the site as directed, and this is the engine number: Engine 272972 30 137802 and also an image attached ... would greatly appreciate any replies!! Or fair warnings if this potential purchase is too risky. Thank you! also @xsever
I apologize for posting this in the W209 forum however this thread is the most involved towards the M272 balance shaft & M273 idler gear issues and folks post about other cars than the CLK.
I am in the market for CL500 C216 with the M273 engine. I have targeted a specific car which I saw live a couple of days ago and next week we are meeting to have an independent shop make a full pre-purchase inspection. The owner of the car has supplied me with the VIN which I ran through a decoder to get the engine serial number. So far so good, however the serial number differs a slight bit from all M273 engine serial numbers posted in this thread and I couldn't find such scenario in all 65 pages which I read through in addition to many other threads & information in Google.
The VIN is: WDD2163711A003933
The engine serial number I get is: 273961 09 309363
As you can see the 6 digits (309363) seem to be way after the affected engines, but the 2 digits before them are not the usual "30" instead it's "09". I have seen another CL(Here's VIN for reference: WDD2163711A012327) with such engine serial number so I am not sure how to read it. One of Rudeney's explanations some pages back is that the 2 digits before the last 6 increment by 1 once the 6 digits surpass 999999, which on the M272 made sense as it went form "30" to "31". In my case though it seems to run backwards?
Do you guys have any idea how this should be interpreted and whether it falls in the affected M273 engines or I am safe?
Forget what the lawsuit listed - it was not correct in the models it included. Basically, any MBZ with an M272 or M273 engine could be affected if it falls within the serial number range. That includes the SLK280. The M272 V6 engine was available as a 2.5l (C230), 3.0 liter (C280, C300, SLK280, etc.) and 3.5l (C350, CLK350, E350, etc.) The M273 V8 engine was available as a 4.7l (GL450) and 5.5.l (CLK550, E500, SL550, etc.)
The TSB notes a few exclusion: the 164.156 (ML350 RWD, non-4MATIC), the W204 and the 216.386 (CL550 4MATIC). I believe these are excluded only because these models did not go into production until after the problem was identified and corrected.
Originally Posted by Rudeney
WDBWK54F16F091252 is an SLK280 with M272 engine #135490 - that is in the range for potential balance shaft failure.
Rudeney please can you tell me if my 2006 CLK 280 falls into the range of affected potential balance shaft failure.
Hi peops, is my mercs engine falls into this mess
272964 30 122557 2
Hi folks, I am about to buy a 2007 C230 with 185,000miles. Can someone tell me if this car is subjected to balance shaft problem ? Vin #WDBRF92H97F889951
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