Replacing all the wiring harnesses on my 94 S350 was <$400. If you are used to pricing you typically see on parts for a 240 (the last 240 I bought cost me $157 for the whole running car), then yes they are expensive but then it's my favorite "money pit". The S600s are to be avoided at any cost. A local guy here learned that the hard way and I learned it from him before I bought one. If you are concerned about the electronics, then get a 98 or 99 that has a standard ODBII port. You can debug those with a Harbor Freight code reader. The only people I know who complain about W140's are those who have not owned them or who own ones that are so far gone they should scrapped. It's a sweet ride!
If you are unfortunate enough to be stuck with a 99 S500 with ESP, I'll take it off you hands for $500 :-) -Dave Walton On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: > There is no problem with the window in use. It's when it gets broken and > sets you back $1200 that it gets to be a pain. > > W140's had electronics failure rates about the same as W124 evaporator > failure rates -- that is to say, we are at 50% replacements on the ones in > the family, and one cars is losing freon that has NOT had one done yet. > > Recalling a Benz because the front suspension fails in normal use at a very > high rate is a SERIOUS design failure. Add in the "can't touch that" wiring > harness (and it's true of ALL of them, not just the 92-94 ones the harness > was replaced on), and they aren't good cars unless you have a warrentee and > lots o' dough. > > Only car I've every heard of where the dealer service people will tell you > NOT to unplug a computer (there are three, I believe, on the diesel) because > when you flex the bundle of wires going into the computer, the insulation > will fail and you will have to replace not only the computer if it shorts > out, but install a new (and very expensive) wiring harness. > > Peter > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
