NHTSA Complaint #10181747 — 1995 MERCEDES BENZ E320

I HAVE CHANGED THE PLUGS IN MY 1995 MERCEDES 3 TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE LAST TIME BY THE DEALERSHIP IN HUNTSVILLE, AL. THEY SAID THE PLUGS I HAS PUT IN NEW A MONTH BEFORE WERE BAD AND REPLACED THEM AGAIN. THIS DID NOT FIX MY PROBLEM AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY BECOME WORSE. THIS PAST WEEK END I CHECKED THE PLUGS AGAIN AND WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE IT WAS MISSING ON AT LEAST TWO CYLINDERS. TWO PLUGS WERE NOT EVEN FIRING. AFTER INSPECTING THE WIRES GOING TO THE MAGNETOS I DISCOVERED THEY WERE ALL BARE WIRES ON THE HARNESS GOING TO THE ENGINE. THE PLASTIC COVER ON ALL THE WIRES WOULD JUST FALL OFF THE WIRE. I CUT THE RUBBER INSERT INSIDE WHERE THE PLUGS ARE LOCATED AND THE WIRES WERE OF THE SAME CONDITION AND HAD ACTUALLY TURNED GREEN AND BROWN WITH CORROSION. SINCE MY CAR WAS DOWN AND I NEEDED IT ON MONDAY TO GO TO WORK, I CUT THE BAD WIRES OFF AND SOLDERED THE NEW WIRE TO THE PLUG ENDS THAT GO TO THE MAGNETOS. THIS HELPED TO GET THE CAR RUNNING BUT I ALSO DISCOVERED THE WIRES GOING TO THE INJECTORS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE PRICED THE NEW WIRING HARNESS AND IT WOULD COST OVER A 1000.00 FOR JUST THE HARNESS. THIS IS WITHOUT THE LABOR INVOLVED. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 110,000 MILES AND IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MERCEDES HASN'T RECALLED THIS WIRING HAZARD. IF IT WERE TO SHORT OUT IT COULD BURN UP THE WHOLE CAR OR INJURE MY FAMILY. I PLAN ON FIXING THIS PROBLEM SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. *NM