W203 C230 2.5 V6 info pls...

[RSTurbo50]

Possibly looking at buying a 2005 C230 2.5 V6 Sport saloon. Does this model suffer with the dreaded balance shaft problem that the C280 and C350 suffer from? It has the 7G auto box on it.

Is there anything else on these models that tend to fail? The car has 86k on the clock.

 

[markjay]

I can't comment on the V6 engine, buy my 2006 facelift W203 served me well over the years (and still does), no rust and no major issues - it had a couple of minor electrical fault which were easily fixed - but in 9 years / 50k miles this is very good, so overall highly recommended.

 

[RSTurbo50]

Merc

Can anyone else offer any advice??