Frame And Members Problems of Mercedes Benz E Class

I own a 1999 Mercedes Benz e55 amg (w210). After parking the car while grocery shopping, I returned and found the front of the vehicle much lower than normal. Upon further inspection, the driver's side front coil spring and two other parts were found lying under the vehicle. I moved the vehicle slightly to look for additional broken parts and was able to drive home at 15 mph, making only very minor turns (for approximately 1/4 mile). Upon inspection with the wheel off, the upper spring perch had become almost completely separated from the frame rail, severed the abs sensor wire (which caused several warning codes related to the abs, bas and esp braking systems), and had also chipped the inner rim of the wheel and put a very large slash near the bead of the tire. I had just inspected the passenger side the week prior while changing a flat tire, and witnessed no corrosion/rust whatsoever. Vehicle has 90,000 miles, has not been driven in the winter, and the only rust on the vehicle is where the spring perch tore away from the frame rail. The rest of the car, body and undercarriage, is rust free. I contacted my local Mercedes Benz dealer and was offered no help, and strongly discouraged against there being anything that would be done for me, as if they were reading a script relating to the age of the car and location/climate. I immediately contacted mb USA, who is currently investigating the claim.

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Spring perch broke off due to rust . The front of the car fell down on to the wheel and was undrivable.

I am writing regarding an investigation into Mercedes Benz e300 (w210 chassis) failures. While driving on the massachusetts turnpike, route 90 on Monday, my spring perch failed, broke away from the vehicle and was lost on the highway. The perch let go with a very loud bang, then a pronounced bump (presumably as the rear tire drove over the spring assembly. ) the car suddenly dropped hard on the front right bump stops. Lots of warning lights - bas, asr, etc. I thought I blew a tire or hit some road damage. Surprisingly, just a little swerve in the left lane and I made it to the right shoulder after a 1/4 mile. . Read more...

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I have a 1997 e420 mercedes that my wife and our one month old baby drive daily. Well she told me she heard some strange noises coming from the wheel area of the front left tire. I told her that she better let us have it checked out before driving the car anymore. I took the car to my mechanic and he found that the spring perch was hanging on the frame by a thread of metal. Fortunately no one was hurt and no accident occurred. As it turns out this has happened to a number of cars like mine, it should be something that is recalled with out a doubt. Someone else's wife and baby could have been in a major accident if they did not have the sense to get this checked out.

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Purchased a used 1999 Mercedes Benz e300 turbo diesel end of Feb 2006 with 92,494 miles from a Jaguar/Land Rover dealer. Traded in a 1985 Mercedes Benz 300 turbo diesel. Brought car to the mechanic that does all my work to have all fluids changed and the car checked. Mechanic called to recommend I not drive the car until the left front spring cap was replaced. I visited the mechanic and viewed the left front spring cap. When the mechanic put his finger on the left front spring cap his finger nail chipped off flakes of metal it was enough to convince me not to drive the car until it was repaired. My concern was that the left front wheel would come off and caused a serious accident including possible deaths if the spring cap parted and the spring came off at highway speeds. I paid my mechanic to install a new front spring cap to prevent a failure. I did not bring this to the Jaguar/Land Rover's dealer or Mercedes Benz's attention because to my knowledge the car was not under warranty and I needed the car repaired so I could use it. Latter review of the Mercedes Benz club of America web site forums showed that this is a common problem with the e300/320 Mercedes Benz as the body is the same (mercedes body designation is w210).

2000 Mercedes Benz e320. With 118,000 miles, having been well-maintained, and never in a major accident, the front subframe of the car broke all the way through, near the upper control arm. The front end immediately made loud scraping noises. Upon taking it to a dealer, we were told it was not safe to drive. We were first given an estimate of $9500 for the repair, and told it would take five weeks to get a replacement subframe. The mechanic would not express an opinion as to whether it was defective, only that it was very rusty, and that it was broken. We contacted m-b USA. They opened a case, sent out an investigator. M-b USA would not admit that the premature rust, and failure, of that subframe was the result of a factory defect, but they agreed to pay $3000 out of the final price quote of $7500. They made it clear that, if we expected to get more, we would have to sue them. To receive the $3000, we had to sign a release. We then filed an insurance claim with aaa, on the theory that the damage might have been caused by some sort of road incident (pothole, etc). However, the insurance investigator inspected the car (and took photographs), and then denied the claim, noting extensive rust throughout the underbody of the car, and on the front and rear subframe components. My later research discovered, mercedes-benz used a type of steel on structural components of their cars called hsla (high strength, low alloy). They used this hsla steel ostensibly because of its greater strength, and crash resistance. In theory, hsla steel should have higher-than-normal corrosion resistance, so it's my belief that mercedes-benz either got bad batches of this hsla steel, or they substituted an inferior grade of steel. I don't know how many cars were produced having this problem, but it worries me. People may be driving down the road right now, unaware that important structural components of their cars may be ready to fail.

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Removed left front wheel and found upper suspension spring perch breaking away from body, could see possible loss of steering. No incident yet but an accident avoided. Dealer has this particular part in stock and asked if it had come apart "yet" because they had seen it before.

Severe rust damage to front passenger suspension component and front frame rail. Rust hole big enough to put a human fist into. Approximately $3000 in rust repairs, on a car with less than 67,000 miles on it.

1999 mercedes-benz e-300 and e-430 anti-noise capsule fell off** suddenly without warning the right front wheel leaped into the air with a loud bang. The consumer assumed that the right front tire had blown out. The consumer lost control of the vehicle momentarily then moved slowly off the road. Upon inspection the consumer saw that none of the tires had blown out but that the underside of the front end of the vehicle had dropped to the ground. The same part came off the consumer e430 ten days ago. On the e430 model the part is called a cooling pan.