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Originally Posted by Dr. C36
its called rust, its a driver maintenance issue not manufacturer design flaw.
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How does a driver maintain the inside of a control arm that has no drain hole? The pictures show that the car is looked after. My E320 gets regular maintenance and no one has ever done anything to the control arms. Should we take the suspension apart every few months and rinse the control arms out, and then reassemble everything and get an alignment? Is this what you do? I don't know what maintenance can be done to front ends that are permanently lubricated other than to check shocks, alignment, wheel bearings, and such. This is all that they do to my car. That rust cannot be seen from the outside as it rusted from the inside-out. I know that I sound a little tense here... but I have had many, many vehicles over the years. None have ever had these kinds of serious structural issues. And, I am from New England. My E320 is getting checked out tomorrow at the local MB dealer for rust that is showing around the left front spring perch. It appears that the sealer-mastic was upgraded as a recall by MB. We are the second owners. If that was done (will be verified by checking the vin at dealer), then this shows that: 1.) MB knew that there was a problem and 2.) The re-seal of the perch did not work. I suppose that you will think that this is a "driver maintenance issue" also....