Faults:

Battery and alternator. Rear suspension bushes.

Passenger electric window failed.

Engine had a small oil leak in my last year of ownership, but nothing serious.

General Comments:

The E-Class from this time period has a boxy muscular look and I loved this car. Black metallic paintwork on the outside, beige leather inside, this car looked the part.

To drive it was pleasant and smooth. 2.2 with the auto box made progress steadily, not fast by any means but it is not that type of car. I just loved cruising in it. Did around 28 - 32 mpg, good for the time.

Can be expensive to maintain and repair, but it is a Mercedes and it is worth it.

I sold it in 2013 when it was 20 years old to a Mercedes enthusiast. It was still going strong at the time. I do miss this reliable, classy smooth car and would love another, but they are rare these days in good condition.

Faults:

When I went to buy the car, it looked horrible, but inside was superb, and the engine was just WOW! When I bought it and went to wash it, it was a miracle to look at! I love the car, and it is the one I am looking for.

Well, it was performing so well, instant start, good serviced throughout, not spending too much on fuel and no smoke from the exhaust pipe, even when it starts in the morning or after two weeks or so. But now I have changed the gearbox twice (the first one lasted for 4 days, and replaced it again) and the engine has started to make this heavy noise, which I believe is from the engine legs. I have changed them, and it is still the same.

I have installed a new air conditioner on the car. It makes the engine run a bit hard, struggling and heats up. But I sent it to the garage, and the mechanic said that the fuel injectors were leaking fuel and tightened them, and that is when the noise went louder...

What I need to know is: If I change the fuel injectors, does it fix the problem, or what should be done to make it work as it was before?

General Comments:

The car is great, has a leather interior, alloy wheels, automatic. I think it was one of the first of the model which came out... and it looks like it was luxurious for the time...

Faults:

ASR (traction control) light comes on randomly, yet not while driving.

General Comments:

Inside is AMAZING, no faults except a cigarette burn in the ceiling.

Drives/sounds as a cop car seems to be when accelerating.

Very sturdy/heavy, but still smooth and stealthy.

Great buy at $2500. Only a side panel was missing.

Faults:

Had to replace the Air Mass Meter, it was causing poor running.

Replaced the front & rear shocks, front roll bar bushes.

New battery.

New serpentine belt.

General Comments:

This motor is superb. It's no surprise that MB built 2 million of them. Absolute top build quality and workmanship. You don't get such quality nowadays.

Only 4/5 years ago they were out of my reach, but I finally have one & it is way better than my previous car, a Citroen XM, in every department. Although when I first saw my Merc, it was dirty with leaves in the engine bay and the interior was dirty and dusty. But I could see that hard work and elbow grease would see the quality shine through.

And it has, it looks wonderful and after I wash and polish it, it looks so nice & that Almadine Red looks so lush I could eat it. Even after 140.000 miles, it drives like a new car, I am always smiling when I am in it.