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Old Dec 26, 2004 | 01:05 PM
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The more I read the worse it gets!!!

...have a look at these comparative rust warranties...

MB RUST warranty is LESS than luxury car competition:

MB has only a 4 year/50,000 miles RUST warranty.

Porsche: 10 years/unlimited miles.

Infinity: 7 years/unlimited miles.

Jaguar: 6 years/unlimited miles.

Lexus: 6 years/unlimited miles.

BMW: 6 years/unlimited miles.

Audi: 5 years/inlimited miles.

..don't accept less than the Infinty....
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 06:43 AM
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Can someone post pics of their rust problems? I would like to see, if it not a problem
look at this website These are pictures of my front doors under the rubber and of my trunk lock
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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Unbelievable

Yeah..that looks like mine....what are you doing about it. Is MB in the UK going to fix it? What model and how many Kil?
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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Yeah..that looks like mine....what are you doing about it. Is MB in the UK going to fix it? What model and how many Kil?
MB were very good about it, I had just bought the car 2nd hand from a private seller, it's service history wasn't complete and it had not seen an MB dealer for over 2 years. I took it into my local dealer and they measured the depth of the paint and told me they would submit a claim for warranty work to be carried out. 2 Weeks later they called me and said my claim had been approved, they collected it and fitted 3 new doors, a new trunk lid and repaired the other door, (the rust on the last door was almost invisible so I wasn't worried that it wasn't replaced) at the same time I got the dealer to do some other minor repairs and had the car completely resprayed, total cost to me £945. cost for Mercedes in excess of £2800
The car was 5 years and 3 months old with 135000 miles on the clock .
My car is a 1999 Mercedes E300TD Avantgarde auto saloon in Azurite Blue.

I am very happy with MB-UK and the way they dealt with my rust claim..
All Mercedes in the UK registered after 1998 have a 30 year anti corrosion warranty, but some dealers need a bit of prodding before they will sort out rust
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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Good News

Well done....I am waiting to hear back from MB Canada on a similiar claim...we'll see what they say. The car should never have rusted in the first place. My concern is that MB has dropped the quality quite alot.
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