![]() (1992-94)Ĭonvertible top Description: The locking tabs for the convertible top tend to wear and should be checked every 15,000 miles. Rough idle Description: Stretched timing chain may cause noisy engine, rough running, hard starting, power loss, and oil loss. There are revised valve covers with improved oil separators available for the 3.0-liter engine. ![]() Oil leak Description: Oil enters the air filter. Hard starting Description: Hard starting, misfires, and poor drivability could be due to insulation flaking off of underhood wiring harness. (1992)Įxhaust system Description: Possible exhaust leak at the oxygen sensor caused by damaged catalytic converter. (1990-93)Ĭlutch Description: Sticking clutch pedal on 300 SL could be due to fluid boiling in the slave cylinder. (1990-94)īrakes Description: Brake squeal at low speeds (under 10 mph) may activate the antilock brake system. (1990)Īutomatic transmission Description: Harsh and erratic shifts are often due to a damaged dust cover on the vacuum modulator for the transmission. Trouble Spots Automatic transmission Description: The transmission may delay shifting into Drive or Reverse, and may be corrected by installing reformulated Mercedes-Benz transmission fluid. For drivers who don’t need that much traction, ASD and ASR provide additional grip when it’s needed, helping to maintain steering control. Even when you try to do so on wet pavement, this car sticks like glue. With 4Matic 4-wheel-drive (available until 1994), it’s virtually impossible to break the wheels loose. You can expect a stable, well-controlled highway ride, as well as precise steering and capable handling. Because of rear-wheel-drive, with its intrusive drive-shaft tunnel and a rather narrow interior, three adults will find a tight fit in the back seat. Front leg room is generous, but in the back it’s only adequate. Throttle response at midrange speeds is noticeably stronger than in 6-cylinder models, though the automatic transmission sometimes shifts with an unseemly jerk.Į-Class sedans are not very space-efficient, considering their 110.2-inch wheelbase. Adding a V8 engine was just what was needed to make the Mercedes-Benz sedans match the acceleration of the Japanese-built Lexus LS 400 and Infiniti Q45. Gathering passing power at 40-60 mph requires flooring the throttle at times, and then you endure a long pause before the transmission reacts. The limited-production, high-performance E500 sedan, with a 5.0-liter V8, was dropped.Īcceleration with 6-cylinger engines ranges from tepid to adequate. A 300D sedan arrived in spring of 1994, as an early ’95 model, with a new 134-horsepower 3.0-liter diesel 6- cylinder engine.ġ995 300/E-Class Only a handful of equipment changes marked the 1995 models, as Mercedes-Benz proceeded with the introduction of a redesigned E-Class for ’96. Grilles, hoods, headlights assembles, trunklids, and taillamps were restyled. ![]() Models now included an E320 in all four body styles, plus E420 and E520 sedans with V8 engines. All models now had dual airbags.ġ994 300/E-Class Mercedes renamed its midsized models E-Class this year, simplifying and condensing the lineup. Rounding out the line were the 400E and limited-edition 500E, with V8 power. The lineup now consisted of the 300D 2.5 Turbo a 300E 2.8 sedan with a new 2.8-liter twin-cam engine 300E sedan 300CE coupe 300TE wagon and 300CE Cabriolet with a new 3.2-liter 6-cylinder engine. A passenger-side airbag was standard on the 400E and 500E, optional on others.ġ993 300/E-Class A convertible and two new engines arrived for 1993. A high-performance, limited-edition 500E sedan also went on sale with the same 5.0-liter V8 used in the Mercedes 500SL. The 400E borrowed its twin-cam 4.2-liter V8 from the bigger S-Class, making 268 horsepower in this installation. ASD, an automatic locking differential, could be installed on the 300D 2.5 Turbo (a diesel-powered sedan).ġ992 300/E-Class Two new models arrived, holding V8 engines. ASR, Mercedes’ traction-control system, became optional on the rear-drive 300E sedan, 300CE coupe, and 300TE wagon. Yearly Updates 1991 300/E-Class Two traction improvements arrived for 1991.
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