Originally Posted by
onehundred80
So in their wisdom Mercedes gives the same number to different but similar parts?
I doubt that very much, can you imagine the confusion on the assembly line when the wrong part showed up?
I would say that the sellers of clips could get the number wrong easily.

Dave, I never said they were MB cross referenced part numbers. T
he MB part number can be cross referenced to other part numbers. Like Chrysler parts for the crossfire part numbers, there are other manufacturers referenced to the MB part number (that is a lot less expensive), & work the same.
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