My E300 is a money pit. It was purchased with 48,000 miles in April of 2005. Today, July 14, 2006 at 71,000 miles this car has had:
1. Glow plugs replaced at 50,000 miles (these should last much longer than this)
2. Air mass flow sensor at 50,000 miles
3. All under hood fuel lines and seals at 62,000 miles
4. Filter seal at 70,000 miles (this was a seal that was replaced at 62,000 miles. It lasted on 8 months!)
5. Today injector line seals are bad and I have been informed by the dealership that Mercedes no longer makes these parts available.
Big waste of money!!!
I have a 1981 and 1985 300D Mercedes. These are well built and dependable cars. I can buy parts for these cars. The newer Mercedes are junk; stay away from them. I do not fault the dealer service; I fault Mercedes for building junk and then not making parts available.
Injector line seals are readily available for this car/year. You should check another dealer that knows what they are doing. MB have probably the highest availability of spare parts of any car make. Try buying a spare part for a 20 year old Toyota. Parts availability is 100% or close for most MB models, even cars made in the sixties.
Yep, he gave himself away with the, "M-B saya parts not available" line!
Anyone who has ever owned a M-B knows that they support their vehicles well with available parts for not only years, but decades. Just bought some new piston rings for a '73 SL at my local dealer. :-)
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