E-Class (W210) 1995-2002: E 200, E 220D, E 240, E 290TD, E 300TD, E 200, E 240, E 280, E 320, E 420, E 430 (Wagon, Touring, 4Matic)

Potential rust problem on all W210 doors!!!

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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 04:38 PM
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I disagree my Peugeot 1988 1.9 Diesel never had rust issues it had 350,000 miles on it and I live i n England where sun barely shines I know this personally be cause I two was born in USA.
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 04:44 PM
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My car is 17 years old I can' t see Mercedes shelling out to help I rarely bring it to a Dealer they charge an ffing fortune I'm a working man!
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 04:55 PM
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Hi Jasper,
I live in the north close to Manchester I woud'nt waste my my time trying the only time I go to Dealer is when I'm desperate! Going to give her a good wash tomorrow and change the outside temperature sensor it reads minus 38c hopefully we never see weather like this.
PS I got married in London have a great weekend!
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 05:12 PM
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Hi Joey,
Meet Bobby I live in England but I'm a yank how many miles are on the car?
Do have a good body man? Are you any good at diy or car maintenance? I ask a lot of question's I'm of that age my Diesel has 185,000 still runs well but i change the oil every 5,000 miles and do all the filters and coolant regularly iunder stand such an expensive car they could have da a better anti rust protection and wash weekly and polish a few times a year so in unless your willing to be passionate about your it your pissing ing the wind hope its warm down their!
Bob
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 05:30 PM
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Your not ffing wrong!
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 05:43 PM
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Can' pronounce your name since like you had some right lemons! My first car was 64 Buick Wild cat classic I bought from my late dad who passed away 2 years ago what he did'nt know about cars in 40s 50s 60s 70s wasn't worth knowing he could rebuild any thing him and my uncle Gene.Love old cars but i tend
to go with GM cars if I lived in U.S.
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 05:53 PM
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That 's a lot of cash my good knight is that coming out of your own pocket?
A former work college told about rust issues on w210 he was Polish he ffing knew!
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 06:11 PM
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Sell for parts matey or put new engine in it she can live again!
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Old Nov 20, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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Love your tweet good luck. Carl Benz invented the automobile arguably by Henry Ford as you said or another fellow owner this is unacceptable. If I would have knonwn this at time I bought the car may be I would not purchased it anyway it's a lovely ride rusty or not. My dad always kept his cars in the garage to avoid this trouble but with w210 this does'nt matter!
Bob
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 02:08 AM
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the w210 is known for rust, over here many of theme where having serius rust problems only few years old, and mercedes repaired them under warranty,

10 years ago i had a 99 E240 with something like 40k on the clock, it had rust holes under the doors and in more places, mercedes changed every single body part under warranty.

i actually worked at a dealership for mercedes at that time, and they where doing this to dozents of car
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 03:41 AM
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Hi Thule,
What part of the world are you from? I'll try Mercedes UK but I'm not optimistic about it. Same subject yesterday I changed out side temperature sensor piece of cake works a treat. Then the nightmare began had issues with moisture in headlights or lamps if your in UK needed to refit clips on back right side that's driver side over here got unit out and I could not believe it more bleeping rust over wheel arch under coolant reservoir poked around rotted through had to move wires hoses etc applied antitrust again wire brushed scraped primed and tetrasealed all infected area pop divided new aluminium plate pain stakedly in the cold and night put all back together Easter said then done! Getting sick of this **** this model is a rust bucket but I'm going to carry on once I pay my mortgage I'll think of replacing the thing is just put new alloy wheels on the old original Mercedes are f___ed if any body in the world needs wheels that need a bit tlc they are still in my greenhouse ie need reenamling keep smiling.
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 04:46 AM
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i located at iceland,

very brutak climate for a car

its strange how some of them seem to rust. and some not, my current car is not bad,
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Old Nov 22, 2015 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Thule
i located at iceland,

very brutak climate for a car

its strange how some of them seem to rust. and some not, my current car is not bad,
Next time I'm passing through Iceland I'll be sure to stop by a Mercedes dealer and have my w210 body replaced for free. I'm pretty sure that dealerships on the rest of the planet would send me and my 15 year old car packing.

All joking aside my car actually has very little rust and I live right on the ocean. I can feel a little under the rear wheel wells and a drop behind the fuel filler. Other than that it looks quite good. Japanese cars I've owned have done much worse. The common rust areas that concern me are the lower control arms, top strut mounts and the transmission mount. Those can be really dangerous if the fail at a bad time.
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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Hi Thule,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you had problems logging in.
So your from Iceland I've been to Rekivic on stop over to London when I moved to the UK.
This weekend weather permitting going to under treat front wheel arch's and have good look out for more rust keeping touch .
Bob
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