what year is safe rust wise

have you spotted rust on your car ? click the year if YES.

  • I have no rust ! [please comment below with model & year]

    Votes: 315 21.6%
  • 2006

    Votes: 46 3.1%
  • 2005

    Votes: 70 4.8%
  • 2004

    Votes: 97 6.6%
  • 2003

    Votes: 123 8.4%
  • 2002

    Votes: 179 12.3%
  • 2001

    Votes: 227 15.5%
  • 2000

    Votes: 190 13.0%
  • 1999

    Votes: 149 10.2%
  • 1998

    Votes: 172 11.8%
  • 2007

    Votes: 18 1.2%
  • 2008

    Votes: 9 0.6%
  • 2009

    Votes: 6 0.4%
  • 2010

    Votes: 4 0.3%
  • 2011

    Votes: 5 0.3%
  • 2012

    Votes: 4 0.3%
  • 2013

    Votes: 3 0.2%
  • 2014

    Votes: 6 0.4%

  • Total voters
    1,461

Dale Minton

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SL55 AMG & BMW ALPINA B5 & ABARTH 595 Turismo
R230 SL500 2002. Rust area about the size of a 50p coin at the point where the rear bumper meets the bodywork (offside). Bubbled, paint intact.

Dale.
 

TazCBR1100XX

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Your Mercedes
2004 C180K SE Evolution
No Rust

2004 W203 C180K SE

But as I creased the front wing a bit on the way back from Bulgaria last week, I think my answer might be a bit different next year :(
 
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EDX

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Your Mercedes
2009, C220 CDI, SE Blue Efficiency, Estate
Last month I PX'd my year 2000 W202 estate. It had rust on -

Tops of all doors.
All 4 wheel arches.
Extending from front of O/S/R wheel arch to sill and door shut.
Bottom seam and below handle of tailgate.
Small bubbles on A and D pillars.

My current year 2009 W204 estate has no rust.
But I owned it for 3 weeks before getting it's first carpark dent, from the rear door of a dark blue car.
 

nyx

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worthing
Your Mercedes
w210 1998 e240 saloon
1988 w124 with no rust at all. im sure it will develop eventually but im hoping it will be rusting slowly enough to keep on top of it
 

cb1965

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Your Mercedes
SL55
R230 SL500 2002. Rust area about the size of a 50p coin at the point where the rear bumper meets the bodywork (offside). Bubbled, paint intact.

Dale.

Interesting that as I have my rear bumper off my 2005 R230 right now and have got the very slight beginnings of corrosion where the bumper bolts to the bodywork just behind the rear arch. I have sorted it now, but if I had never taken the bumper off I would never have found it. I reckon it's causedby the bumper vibrating and the bolt rubbing the bodywork slightly over time.
 

kdave

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Your Mercedes
cclass 03 c200k
my w203 , o3 reg had a stone chip to the nsr wheel arch which was starting to travel. I ground it out , repainted and fitted edge trim to both sides, bedded in with waxol under seal.
 

Pete D

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Your Mercedes
W211/2007/220 and R230/2005/350
I have the same on my 2005 R220 too....near side in my case.


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tarienclass

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Your Mercedes
C Class estate 2001 2lt
Merc C Class Estate 2001 with rust

Have a C Class 200 Komp Elegance Estate Auto Petrol Reg 2001.
Rust began around wheel arches 3yrs ago-had it fixed but has now returned and is appearing in other areas on the car. Of course the elements effect, however the car has always been kept clean & garaged which has helped.
I was advised by a body specialist that there had been an issue with CClass of 1999-2002 over quality of steel used and this was in fact confirmed by local Merc dealer-
but irrespective of the Mercedes-Benz Mobilolife policy 30 yr warrenty and because car was over 8 yrs old Merc would not consider any financial assistance to its repair. That in fact was part of a reply directly from HQ Stuttgart. As a pensioner cannot now afford to change vehicle-it runs beutifully as have always had it well serviced. Any ideas?
 

turbopete

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2017 '17' Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi ST Line X 180 (sorry)
rather worryingly though, people have polled that they have spotted rust on 2010-2014 cars already!

3x 2010 vehicles, 1x each year 2011,2012, 2013 & 2014!
 

Ghmb81

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Your Mercedes
2001 Clk200k
My 2001 clk200k has rust on both wings, drivers side rear arch and just starting to show on passenger side rear arch and a little on the boot lock. It's seems 2001 was a bad year for Mercedes bodies
 

parkman

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Your Mercedes
E220 CDI Avantgarde 2004 + W126 500se 1983 + W124 260E 1991
So far, so good, nothing showing on my 2004 W211, E220 cdi. A few stone chips on the front edge of the bonnet, though. I am not quite sure what to do with them, yet.

parkman
 

television

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Your Mercedes
2002 SL500, 216 CL500, all fully loaded
One snag on this poll is that I have changed car , and no way to re enter it.
 

turbopete

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2017 '17' Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi ST Line X 180 (sorry)
One snag on this poll is that I have changed car , and no way to re enter it.

good point Malcolm. quite a number of us have now.

theres also no option for people with more than 1 car to input a result for each car (a 2010 for example shouldnt have any rust, but its possible that a 2004 car might well have)
 

Ravelloracing

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Your Mercedes
1988 190E 2.6 Auto
1988 190e. Not a spot of rust anywhere.
Best build quality ever - pity MB are living on past glories on the quality front
 


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