Originally Posted by zulu ferret
Bet you guys have read that Whopper of a story, concerning 'E' class front cross members corroding, '96 -02' Argh!!

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That reminds me of the guy over the road who had a merc (E-class coupe I think) about 1994 so at the time just over 10 years old, and he scrapped it as the wiring loom totally burnt out, which apparently is quite common and with all the gizmos a tad difficult to replace.