You got nothing to loose if you send e-mail to the factory in Germany.

 

Hi Guys, It was a Mercedes E320 in Indiana, I emailed her again for the year..
she said the lower control arm rusted off and came apart while she was driving..

 

It was a 1999 Mercedes E320 with bad lower control arms ( Rusted thru from the inside out) I'm hoping she sends me pictures...So if you have any model Mercedes from the 80's or 90's have someone look at your lower control arms for Internal rust

 

I think I saw one on the side of 495 near college park MD this morning with it's front passenger wheel ripped out to the side like the pics in the last page.

 

Hi ,
I just wanted to warn everyone about what happened to me.. My front driver side tire fell in a parking lot off due to a rusted thru LOWER SUPPORT ARM... This can not be seen during a usual inspection because the part rusts from the inside out...I called Mercedes USA and they were arrogant and more concerned about discrediting me personally rather than being "Interested" in my problem...The other front side is failing also, so I can't drive the car until both sides are repaired. The front tires will fall off on these cars while driving... The lower support arm is made of layers of stamped sheet metal welded together, and they are hollow with 3" inch holes on the top and the water, salt, mud ect. get into the assy. and runs down inside the part and lays and rusts from the inside out... Surely my car isn't the only one affected like this, My car was only subject to snow and salt 2 years, I kept it in over the winters and only drove my 240d.. PLEASE CHECK YOUR C220's Mine is a 1995 My 1999 c280 had the same problem
WHAT would have happened if it fell off going down the highway, Even in the parking lot the front end slammed down to the pavement going about 2 mph
PLEASE CHECK YOUR Mercedes Lower control arms..
Good luck,
Lee