Four-door long-wheelbase rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan · 3.0-liter M103 fuel-injected inline-six
1989 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL Automatic
The Mercedes-Benz Club of America's U.S. W126 model-year table lists the 300 SEL for 1989; gray-market variants are excluded.

Photo: “1989 Mercedes S Class” by Calreyn88 / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped to 16:9.
Factory configuration
What this model is
- Trim
- 300 SEL
- Body style
- Four-door long-wheelbase rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan
- Engine
- 3.0-liter M103 fuel-injected inline-six
- Transmission
- 4-speed automatic
Configuration-specific ownership
Maintenance for this exact configuration
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Service desk
What this car needs & when
Use this as a service-planning checklist for 1989 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL Automatic. Start with the interval, confirm which engine or configuration you have, then use an exact ordering reference when one is verified.
- Service topics
- 1
- Factory intervals
- 0
- Fitment-scoped
- 1
- Exact references
- 1
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Engine air-filter element
Exact reference available
300 SE — 3.0-liter M103 fuel-injected inline-six
K&N E-2867
Source: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W126 S-Class table — 300 SE, 1989 — E-2867 · checked
Verified ordering references
- Service replacementK&N E-2867
Qty. 1 · Reusable engine air-filter element · catalog-listed
K&N lists one element for this application; confirm VIN and build date before ordering.
Catalog: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W126 S-Class table — 300 SE, 1989 — E-2867 · checked
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300 SEL — 3.0-liter M103 fuel-injected inline-six
K&N E-2867
Source: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W126 S-Class table — 300 SEL, 1989 — E-2867 · checked
Verified ordering references
- Service replacementK&N E-2867
Qty. 1 · Reusable engine air-filter element · catalog-listed
K&N lists one element for this application; confirm VIN and build date before ordering.
Catalog: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W126 S-Class table — 300 SEL, 1989 — E-2867 · checked
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Sources
Other 1989 configurations