Steering Tie Rod Assembly Problems of Mercedes Benz E320

Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) September 12, 1998 I purchased a 1999 E320w. ] I am the only owner of the car. The car is driven leisurely. To date, it only has 92,000 miles on it. I have been regularly obtaining the a & b maintenance services. The electrical system has been malfunctioning for months and mb allegedly can't diagnose it; and I have been using an excessive amount of oil. A second opinion mechanic said it is oil slugging which was recalled but mb won't honor. He also said my engine / motor now needs to be replaced. There is also an intermittent scraping on the passenger side. During all of the services to mb they never told me about the recall nor provided service to ensure that my car was not affected. They said it was not a total recall but a case-by-case situation and I am not eligible. I am very fearful when I am driving. Each time I go out I fear what might happen. I do not have the funds to pay for a engine. Please help me. I can provide a timeline of the history of my vehicle which with hindsight looks like I purchased a lemon. The second opinion mechanic informed me of the recall/class action but mb concealed the information. The locks were inoperable and the key would not come out of the ignition, the check engine light illuminated, the serpentine belt, ball joints, tie rod ends were all replaced. The fuel sensor level was replaced. There was a shimmy in the suspension. The dealer replaced the tires and left rim. The valve stem was leaking, the left rear window was inoperable. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced. All of the dashboard lights intermittently, but regularly turn into line bars. The tail light circuit board and the right rear tail lamp, right front head light and left front parking bulbs were had to be replaced updated ivoq 05/27/10.

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I purchased both l & r outer tie rod ends (karlyn ind inc. ) from autohauz az recently for my wife's w210 mercedes E320. I noticed while installing the parts that the threaded end of the centre tie rod, when assembled to the replacement part was sloppy and appeared to be far from a compatible specification. It was as if one was metric thread and the other was imperial. It did snug with the locking nut. . . Which is not the purpose of that nut however, and I did reluctantly install them. . . . . They haven't even lasted a week before one has failed at the ball joint. The sale of such inferior quality merchandise put's at risk innocent consumers. If the ball joint was to fail or the tie rod seperate at highway speeds there would be an event thst could easily leak to a loss of life. Part was purchased from autohaus az on invoice #176606 and manufactured by karylyn industries inc, southfields, NY 10975.

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