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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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I had have a 03 e500 which had the transmission problem with the glycol contamination and MB had to rebuild the tranny and change out the torque converter. This was when I had only 20K km's on the car. My friend is looking into getting a 07 e550 with the 4matic which has the same 5 speed tranny I believe and I was wondering if this problem has been fixed or are they still using the same radiator and tranny with the same problem?
Also 3 of my 4 airmatic struts went belly up on me and have they also made changes on the 07's or are they the same struts? Anyone else having their struts go on them at only 75k Km's or 45k miles?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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its actually a 7 speed transmission in the 2007 E550 if I am not mistaken
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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In the 4matic model it is with the 5 speed tranny here in Canada not sure what you have it in the States though.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Same in the states for all 4matic E class. Good question...are the struts the same as the older problematic airmatic struts in the pre '07 S and E class cars?
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MY07 e550 4matic has 5-speed transmission. Glycol problem has been solved since early MY04.

211 Airmatic strut changes:

MY03
Front – left part #2113205513, right 2113205413
Rear – left 2113200725, right 2113200825

MY04-05
Front – left 2113206113, right 2113206013
Rear – unchanged

MY06
Front – unchanged
Rear – left 2113201525, right 2113201625

MY07
Front – left 2113209313, right 2113209413
Rear – unchanged
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Old May 25, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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My Car is 2003 model 2004.

Which option is the correct one?

MY03
Front – left part #2113205513, right 2113205413
Rear – left 2113200725, right 2113200825

MY04-05
Front – left 2113206113, right 2113206013
Rear – unchanged
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The problem wasn't the transmission, it was the radiator leaking into the transmission (valeo design). Mine was a 02/04 build E320 and it still had the glycol problem. Guess there were "extra" valeo radiators laying around and MB didn't want to dump them. Oh well... they payed for it later since the car was under warranty "Penny wise... dollar foolish."
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Originally Posted by fredericoamaral
My Car is 2003 model 2004. Which option is the correct one?
Clarification:
2113205513 & 2113205413 to VIN A334970 / X108179
2113206113 & 2113206013 from A334971 / X108180 to A989999 / X211967
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Originally Posted by konigstiger
MY07 e550 4matic has 5-speed transmission. Glycol problem has been solved since early MY04.

211 Airmatic strut changes:

MY03
Front – left part #2113205513, right 2113205413
Rear – left 2113200725, right 2113200825

MY04-05
Front – left 2113206113, right 2113206013
Rear – unchanged

MY06
Front – unchanged
Rear – left 2113201525, right 2113201625

MY07
Front – left 2113209313, right 2113209413
Rear – unchanged
Are these the original part nos. or the replacement part nos. for the AirMatic struts on the 2003 E500? If they have established replacement part nos. my assumption is that these new part nos. have corrected the design flaws?

Incidently, I have 66k miles on my 03 E500 and none of the air suspension struts have failed yet.
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Originally Posted by mcleantmw
Are these the original part nos. or the replacement part nos. for the AirMatic struts on the 2003 E500? If they have established replacement part nos. my assumption is that these new part nos. have corrected the design flaws?

Incidently, I have 66k miles on my 03 E500 and none of the air suspension struts have failed yet.
Original part #s, EPC does list as "replaced by".
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