Mercedes-Benz Window Regulator Bowden Clip

The Bowden clip — the plastic slider that connects the window cable to the glass carrier. Used across a remarkably wide span of Mercedes models from the 1980s through the 2000s.

What makes this one notable is longevity of the design. Mercedes kept the same basic arrangement across decades and across model lines, which means the same failure appears on a W126 saloon and an ML sitting side by side in a car park thirty years apart.

The clip cracks, the cable pulls free, and the window drops. Owners have been printing replacements for this longer than for almost any other part in this catalogue.

Fitment: W126, ML and a broad range of other Mercedes models, 1980s–2000s. Because the design spans so many cars with variations, the clip must be matched to the regulator rather than the badge — send a photo of the existing clip and cable end with your model and year.