Hi,
Mine's a 1998 W210 E320 estate.
It had rust on the doors, look under your seals, I mean peel them back and have a good luck.
It had rust on the tailgate by the number plate lights.
It had rust on the cross member.
All sorted for free by MB here in Frankfurt. Since then it has nothing new appearing, even my stone chips are holding up nicely.
Having just swapped my 95 140K Vectra (after 6 years of ownership) for a 98 100K C240 I'd have to disagree - Vectra was totally rust free, the C240 has several little spiders under the paint and (had) a couple of bigger bits on the edges of the doors - wheel arches were fine - but the usual boot lid bits are just showing.98 w202 c180, rust on boot lid, n/s rear wheel arch, bonnet.
Not too bad really, look at at a nine year old fxxd or vxxxxxxxl and compare the condition of the car......
thanks for all your replies folks, for the benefit for people like me., can you please state the year of your car in your replies also ?
eg: my W203 from 2001 has/has not got rust....
cheers
anyweb
I note that a number of replies state that where there has not been a continual-chain of service history with MB; MB have (in some cases) "honoured" the Mobilo warranty and undertaken bodywork repairs at MB's cost.
I trust that this will also be the case with my situation, as I have sourced (from Dronsfield) and am having fitted a replacement engine (at my own expense), at a non-MB approved garage, very competent though they are.
Any thoughts (if appropriate to this "Rusty old Survey"), would be much appreciated.