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Old May 17, 2015 | 10:35 AM
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Faded Wood Trim - Again
Heads up! I just had my badly faded burled wood trim in my MY 2013 E550 replaced by my dealer. All of the pieces in the front were affected. The panels on the rear doors, however, looked OK, but were replaced anyway. The car build date was 10/12. I thought that all of these fading issues were corrected after Aug 2011. My previous E550 (MY 2011) also had this problem, but that was within the original VIN range of the TSB concerning the wood replacement. The car is just passing the 38K mileage mark.
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Old May 17, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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Bulletin will most likely be revised soon because even after switching to new vendor problem continues, tech comments:
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w212...l#post11954465
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w212...l#post12052497
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I would not be so calm if I was on my fourth set of replacement wood like that other post says. How is any of this acceptable?
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An attorney in Atlanta has filed a class action lawsuit to address this manufacturing defect. It covers E class vehicles built between 2009 and 2016. Call James McDonough 404-996-0869
I don't think it was necessary to dig up and comment this on every fading wood thread to have ever existed on this forum
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Originally Posted by Ann Fulmer
An attorney in Atlanta has filed a class action lawsuit to address this manufacturing defect. It covers E class vehicles built between 2009 and 2016. Call James McDonough 404-996-0869
This promotion of James McDonough on every post related to fading trim is spammy.
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This promotion of James McDonough on every post related to fading trim is spammy.

Yes. Totally commercial in nature. I've reported Ann to the administrators.
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I got like seven alerts from bumped old threads on faded wood due to that class action spam.


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Happy New Year to you too Keith. Glad to see your E550 is still chugging along.
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