Mercedes 280E

9 discussions on MotorsForum about the Mercedes 280E: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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Mercedes oil consumption

Greetings,Just back from the dealer, my 2001 ml 320 with 44,000 is using 1quart of oilevery 1500 miles. Per Mercedes everything is fine until you use 1 liter ofoil ever 1000 kilometers. Wow I must have missed that in the salesliterature. ...

Well Fudge,my CV Joint on W123 just took a dump!

I guess I angered the W123 gods today pondering buying the 560SEC Idiscussed earlier!Anyways I have been dreading this chapter of W123ownership for some time now.I knew it was going out for about 2 monthsnow but the time has come to...

Mercedes 1980 240D seat

I have a 1980 240D with a bad drivers side seat. Not electrical. Cananyone tell me what years use the same seats?Thanks, in advance

Swap Golf GTI for classic?

Although some would argue it was a classic...I'm bored. Anyone want to swap my 1990 5dr GTI for a classic car? Rover V8 (SD1 or P6), Citroen CX, Triumph 2500, Jaguar SIII XJ6 without too much wrong with it? Anything?Richard

J.D. Powers on the Mercedes

From the NY Times Business section, July 8, 2003:The most surprising results came from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Sincethe 1998 acquisition of Chrysler by Daimler-Benz, the question often askedis whether the company that makes...

1979 280E

According to the seller of this car, 280E Mercedes are pretty rare in thestates. Is this true? I heard less than 1,000 were sold here; most you seeare grey market cars.

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