B Class Rust

[Howard]

See posts 10 and 11

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/1181309-post10.html

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/1181309-post11.html

What is the answer please ?

 

[Rustbucket]

Hello Howard,

There is nothing that I am not telling you.

The car has Full service history at MB, and the book has stamps in the boxes where they check the car for rust at bi-annual inspections.

I haven't owned the car since new, but the previous owner did. MB as I said earlier, no longer use length of ownership as a criterion for decision on a claim.

I will keep you all posted if anything changes. Thank you for the help and advice so far.

Andy

 

[npuk]

So they must have given a reason for rejecting the claim, what is that reason?

 

[219]

Can you find out if any body repairs ( crash damage ) / paint rectification had been carried out prior to your ownership ?

Has it at anytime been kept/used next to the sea ?

 

[ddentrec]

Hello Howard,

There is nothing that I am not telling you.

The car has Full service history at MB, and the book has stamps in the boxes where they check the car for rust at bi-annual inspections.

I haven't owned the car since new, but the previous owner did. MB as I said earlier, no longer use length of ownership as a criterion for decision on a claim.

I will keep you all posted if anything changes. Thank you for the help and advice so far.

Andy

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I have a W203 2003 C180 Kompressor estate owned from new. Has a full and complete MB history, £££££'s worth. No accident damage or paintwork repair.

Recently noticed the rust bubbles along lower inside edge of the tailgate lip around all the drainage holes (a common issue apparently - corrosion of interior of the tailgate shell is the root cause). Also, the lower inside edge of the doors skin seams are all showing early signs of corrosion. Since this edge is protected when the doors are shut then I can only assume the inside of the door shell is rusting 'inside out' and it is not from stone chips, etc.

Dealer says this repair would be a 'goodwill case'. I think not: this is corrosion from inside out in my view and I am confident that I can prove this. I will persue a claim under MobiloLife: will let you know how I get on.

 

[Rustbucket]

Yours sounds the same as mine, although yours is 8 years old, mine was 4 and a half years old with severe rust!

I agree totally with you.

If the rust is not caused from damage by chips or scratches, then it is coming from the inside out. a piece of metal totally protected by paint will not rust as both oxygen and moisture need to be present to form rust. If rust forms and this is clearly not caused by damage, then the panel is faulty in some way, and should not be rusting.

A panel should only rust if it is damaged!

 

[Robbo]

As a result of this thread I noticed rust on the rear doors or our 2005 W169 A Class. A claim was submitted to MB via my dealer which was approved. The car is currently in the Dealer's bodyshop having two new doors fitted.

Bit annoyed that this is the second MB we have owned that has had rust issues.

 

[Rustbucket]

As a result of this thread I noticed rust on the rear doors or our 2005 W169 A Class. A claim was submitted to MB via my dealer which was approved. The car is currently in the Dealer's bodyshop having two new doors fitted.

Bit annoyed that this is the second MB we have owned that has had rust issues.

Thats interesting, and a quick result. Is it the 2 door model? what about the other doors?

 

[Robbo]

There's no rust on the front doors (yet).

 

[rf065]

As a result of this thread I noticed rust on the rear doors or our 2005 W169 A Class. A claim was submitted to MB via my dealer which was approved. The car is currently in the Dealer's bodyshop having two new doors fitted.

Bit annoyed that this is the second MB we have owned that has had rust issues.

My 2005 CLK is booked in too, rust on lower panels in front of rear wheels, both sides.

Russ

 

[thebandit]

There's no rust on the front doors (yet).

Look carefully at the other two doors when you get the car back.

Originally MB told me only 3 doors were rusting with the OSF no rust. Using a small flat blade screw driver I 'encouraged' the seam at the bottom of the door near the hinge to come away from the panel. Revealed behind was lovely brown rust!! MB replaced that door too at same time no probs.

Car now practically resprayed too!

 

[Robbo]

Cheers for the info.

Its too late for that now unfortunately. We're moving to Switzerland in 3 weeks, taking the car with us. Not sure MB Switzerland will have the slightest interest in sorting out rust on an imported car.

 

[thebandit]

Cheers for the info.

Its too late for that now unfortunately. We're moving to Switzerland in 3 weeks, taking the car with us. Not sure MB Switzerland will have the slightest interest in sorting out rust on an imported car.

Switzerland? You don't work for RWE by any chance?

 

[Robbo]

No. We're not bankers either!

 

[MB-BTurbo]

Mercedes publicly admitted there was a problem on some early A's and B's. None after June 2006 build date. And they said in the Press that they would put them right free of charge.

So this is in addition to the rust warranty that they supply with a full Mercedes service history. My 06 B class has 1 specialist service and the others Main dealer so Ive been assuming I wouldnt be covered. I havent actually noticed any rust but the number of rust reports there have been on B classes Im paranoid and waiting for it to happen.

 

[MB-BTurbo]

I thikn my doors have been replaced earlier as they dont have the crinkly seams, the boot does however and I have noticed very slight bubbles of what looks like rust developing at the bottom on the inside (nothing on the outside yet.

Cant anything be done at this early stage or is that it and will only be getting worse?

Despite not having a full Mercedes service history (which has nothing to do with rust anyway) will Mercedes do anything about it free of charge due to the design fault?

I would prefer it to be sorted rather than replaced as I have a spoiler that would be £300 extra that I dont suppose they would be interested in replacing even if they did replace the boot in the first place.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Despite not having a full Mercedes service history (which has nothing to do with rust anyway)

That's not quite true, as they're supposed to carry out bodywork inspections at each service. Presumably the earlier it's caught, the lower their potential liability for repairing it.

 

[MB-BTurbo]

Fair enough that makes sense I guess which means that there must be levels of severity that can be dealt with then differently, i.e. if found early enough less drastic measures than replacing the whole tailgate could be made.

 

[MB-BTurbo]

I have noticed that there are drainage holes close to where the rust is starting up. I could probably squirt some WD40 in and around the areas effected, would this help does anyone think?