List of effected years and models
Checked about a dozen VINs on 2005-2007 E350 wagons for sales east of the Mississippi. All fall into found thee soft balance shaft engine numbers. Glad you guys had this info. I'm sure w/o it would have wound up with a wagon with a soft shaft and eventually the hard shaft from my local MB service center.
Since I dont want a car payment and maintenance bills the search is on for a 2004 E320 wagon.
List of effected models I found on a class action lawsuit filed against MB.
The Mercedes M272 engine is reportedly installed on the following Mercedes Benz vehicles:
Model Years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
Mercedes Benz C 230
Mercedes Benz SLK 350
Mercedes Benz CLS 350
Mercedes Benz E 230
Model Years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
Mercedes Benz CLS 280
Mercedes Benz CLK 280
Mercedes Benz C 280
Mercedes Benz E 280
Mercedes Benz SL 280
Mercedes Benz C 350
Mercedes Benz E 350
Mercedes Benz S 350
Mercedes Benz SL 350
Mercedes Benz Viano
Model Years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
Mercedes Benz R 280
Mercedes Benz R 350
Mercedes Benz ML 250
Mercedes Benz Sprinter
Model Years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
Mercedes Benz S 280
Model Years 2008, 2009, 2010:
Mercedes Benz CLC 230
Mercedes Benz CLC 350
The Mercedes M273 engine is reportedly equipped on the following Mercedes Benz vehicles:
Model Year 2006:
Mercedes Benz E 500 and E 550
Mercedes Benz CL 500 and CL 550
Mercedes Benz CLS 500 and CLS 550
Mercedes Benz GL 500 and GL 550
Model Year 2007:
Mercedes Benz GL 450
Mercedes Benz S 450
Mercedes Benz ML 450
Model Year 2008:
Mercedes Benz ML 500 and ML 550
Model Years 2006 and 2009:
Mercedes Benz CLK 500 and CLK 550