In the resent month I noticed my rearview mirror on the inside to appear to be leaking. It also has stopped dimming. Everything I see from my mirror appears very foggy and hard to see. It difficult to back up looking through it. The mirror never works properly since this "leaking" has happened. I have not done anything to fix this problem yet. The oem mirror is $180 at the mercedes dealer.
1999 Mercedes Benz SLK230 visibility complaints
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1999 mercedes benz slk230. The inside rear view mirror is a self dimming mirror that has no manual backup. The mirrors fail losing their ability to provide dimming against rear approaching headlights causing the driver to either be blinded or to have to turn the mirror up and have no rear view capability. I know of many documented cases of these mirrors failing including my own. Some fail by just quitting working while others leak the internal fluid.
Vehicle type is 1999 mercedes benz slk230 (r170 model). The inside rear view mirror is an electrochromic self dimming mirror that has no manual backup. The mirrors fail losing their ability to provide dimming against rear approaching headlights causing the driver to either be blinded or to have to turn the mirror up and have no rear view capability. I know of many documented cases of these mirrors failing including my own. Some fail by just quitting working while others leak the internal fluid.
Vehicle type is 1999 mercedes benz slk230 (r170 model). The inside rear view mirror is an electrochromic self dimming mirror that has no manual backup. The mirrors fail losing their ability to provide dimming against rear approaching headlights causing the driver to either be blinded or to have to turn the mirror up and have no rear view capability. I know of many documented cases of these mirrors failing including my own. Some fail by just quitting working while others leak the internal fluid.
Vehicle type is 1999 mercedes benz slk230 (r170 model). The inside rear view mirror is an electrochromic self dimming mirror that has no manual backup. The mirrors fail losing their ability to provide dimming against rear approaching headlights causing the driver to either be blinded or to have to turn the mirror up and have no rear view capability. I know of many documented cases of these mirrors failing including my own. Some fail by just quitting working while others leak the internal fluid.
Rear view mirror ( donnelly #010486) is blurry and has three different shades of tinting. I can barely tell if a vehicle is behind me and there is no way to determine its distance.
For my slk 230 1999 , sport package, the red and black interiors, fade away constantly , the red paint on dash and center console is very delicate, it will scratch all the way deep enough to see the black original color of the same... Cardan joints have been changed four times and keeps breaking , I have a brand new one in my trunk because the 4th one is already broken...then the asr light turns on" avoiding for the asr system to work properly, can become very dangerous on wet road.. I had an accident and almost totaled my slk230...
Tl*-the contact stated that the sideview mirrors were damaged. They had water marks and cracks , thus lowering her visibility. The contactwas not clear as to what caused the damage.
Drivers side auto dimming sideview mirror and inside auto dimming rearview mirror have failed. They are no longer reflective and are permanently dark.
Rearview mirror has fog inside the glass,making it impossible to see out of it. Brake lights and headlights continue to fail. Also, dash lights failed.
Mercedes-benz can not fix window leaking, coming off track.
While using windshield wipers, after 5 minutes while running, windshield wipers would bounce on glass. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further informaton.
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