Just got a letter in the mail today announcing that Mercedes admitted that the harmonic balancers in 1998-2001 cars were flawed.
They offered to replace the flawed devices at no cost under the terms of the recall.
There was a reimbursement form attached -- so if you had a failure, and had it fixed, you could submit the repair claim to Mercedes.
If you're in this group of owners ---
the recall campaign is 2005-020003 toll free information is -800-FOR-MERCEDES (1-800-367-6372)