MERCEDES-BENZ HEADLIGHT LENSES Complaints

MY 2003 MERCEDES BENZ E320, INWHICH THE FUEL FILTERS ARE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT, HAD A POWERFUL GASOLINE ORDER INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE BENZ REPAIR SHOP STATED IT WAS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THE FUEL FILTER AND IT WAS LEAKING GAS. THEY REPLACED THE FILTERS, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM REPLACE THE SAME TYPE FILTERS IN 2008 MODELS. I THINK THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND A SAFETY HAZARD. IF ME OR MY SPOUSE HAD BEEN A SMOKER, OR CAUSED A SPARK, WE COULD'VE POTENTIALLY CAUSED A FATAL EXPLOSION. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 R350 81,000 AC BLOW MOTOR WENT OUT. HAD CAR SERVICED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITHIN 100 MILES. TOOK CAR BACK TO REPAIR SHOP HE SAID CAR READS IT RUNNING TOO RICH. RESET SWITCH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK O WITHIN 10 MILES AGAIN. CAR SEEMS TO BE PULLING ONCE I'VE SLOWED DOWN AS IF IT WANTS TO GO FASTER. MY CODES READ P21 88. HELP!!! *TR

CAR C 300. DID NOT SEE THAT OPTION. ALSO TIRES ORIGINAL MICHELIN UNKNOWN INFO. MULTIPLE INTERIOR TRIM AND SEAT REPAIRS. PROBLEM WITH POWER FOLDING MIRRORS GETTING STUCK OR CREAKING. MULTIPLE VISITS FOR REPAIR OF TIRE LIGHT ISSUES. WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IT WOULD COME ON DURING HOT/COLD DAYS. UPON REVIEW AFTER MULTIPLE ISSUES, TIRES X 2 REPLACED BEFORE 15K MILES. CONTINUES PROBLEMS. COUNTLESS REVIEW BY 3 DEALERSHIPS. WAS TOLD DUE TO COSMETIC ISSUES ON RIMS. B3 MAINTENANCE DONE @ $500. TOLD AGAIN TO CK TIRES DUE TO LIGHT. HAD ANOTHER SET OF TIRES PLACED AROUND 40K IN. MAY 2010. FOR B3 TOLD LT BACK TIRE NEEDED REPLACING. WENT BACK TO TIRE SHOP WHO SAID BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND RIMS. WAS TOLD BY MERCEDES RIMS NOT NECESSARY. AFTER A FEW WEEKS TIRE LIGHT BACK ON AND LEFT BACK LOSING AIR RAPIDLY. MERCEDES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CALLED. FOUND LG CRACK BACK L WHEEL. SPARE PLACED. ANOTHER INDEPENDENT CAR CARE REVIEWED ALL WHEELS. FOUND ANOTHER CRACKED WHEEL BACK RIGHT AND TWO LOW SPOTS FRONT. TOOK BACK TO MERCEDES ALEX RODRIGUEZ, WHO STATED FRONT WERE FINE BY VISUAL ONLY, AND BACK RIGHT NEEDED COSMETIC OUTER WHICH THEY COVERED. GAVE CAR BACK AFTER HAVING 8 DAYS FOR COSMETIC WORK. UNABLE TO TELL ME IF DIAGNOSTICS WERE PERFORMED. NOTHING IN PAPERWORK. WOULD NOT LET ME WAIT UNTIL INFORMATION WAS VERIFIED. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES ON HWY AND CAR BEGAN TO RATTLE. HAD BOYFRIEND LOOK @ CAR. FOUND WHEEL COVER WASN'T THERE; ALSO TWO AIR COVERS MISSING AND TWO LOOSELY FASTENED. CALLED DEALER TO COME PICK UP VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER REVIEW. *TR

THE TELEMATICS DEVICE IN MY 2006 MB S500 SPONTANEOUSLY MALFUNCTIONED. NO KNOWN EVENTS LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE, TOTAL LOSS OF INFORMATION AND SAFETY UPLINK, TOTAL LOSS OF NEW $300 MBRACE SUBSCRIPTION VALUE, AS OF 21 MAR 2011, NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT OTHER THAN CALL TO DEALER. WAS A PRIOR RECALL DONE THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THE VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT OR THE ASSOCIATED VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM? *TR

I OWNED 2002 MERCEDES MODEL S430. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED MY CAR DROPPED LOWER TO THE TIRES AS I STARTED, THEN I TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON FOR THE CAR TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. NOW, FOR PAST 2 WEEKS THE PROBLEM HAS COME BACK AND ACTED VERY OFTEN. I ALSO TALKED TO FEW FRIENDS AND THEY SAID OTHER VEHICLES WITH SAME MODEL ARE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM. IS THIS A RECALL FROM MERCEDES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM YET. I LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE INFO ON THIS PROBLEM AND HOW TO CORRECT IT. *TR

1986 MERCEDES BENZ 560SL. THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE AND FAIL TO MY FACE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM TO 560SL OWNER. THIS IS DUE TO THE WORN OUT / DEFECT OF THE PLASTIC HOLDER THAT HOLD THE VISOR. *TR

VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP. HOOD WAS NOT SECURE AND SENSOR NEVER NOTIFIED DRIVER. SEAT STOPPED WORKING. BLUETOOTH IS FAULTY. THE JERKING OCCURS EVERY WEEK, AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO NO REPAIRS DONE. BLUETOOTH NOT FIXED. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 MERCEDES CLS 550. MY HEADREST HAVE DEPLOYED FOR SOME REASON ON AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WHEN THE HEADREST DEPLOYS IT HITS ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. IT HAS HAPPENED 2X WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND 2X WHILE BACKING UP. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPAIRED THE HEADREST ON AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. INCLUDING KEEPING THE VEHICLE FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND HALF. THAT REPAIR WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON THE FWY, THE HEADREST DEPLOYED AGAIN FOR NO REASON AND STRUCK ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT AND A SAFETY CONCERN. IN ADDITION, MY VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL STARTED PEELING A YEAR AGO. THIS PAINT COMES OFF ON MY HANDS AND CAN END UP IN MY EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE PAINT. MERCEDES REFUSES TO REPLACE MY STEERING WHEEL OR REPAIR IT. WHEN THE PEELING FIRST OCCURRED THE DEALERSHIP ORDERED ME A NEW STEERING WHEEL AND SAID THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE MODELS. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE STEERING WHEEL INSTALLED, AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAD ORDERED A NEW ONE, THEY THEN SAID THAT I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MERCEDES REFUSED TO COVER THE COST. MY VEHICLE WAS STARMARKED AND I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. AT THE TIME OF THE PEELING MY VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 54,000 MILES. I AM NOT SURE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PAINT. HOWEVER, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOULD BE PEELING AND THE CONTENTS COMING OFF ON MY HANDS. *TR

THE CAM SENSORS ON THE MERCEDES M271 ENGINE LEAK OIL WHICH SPREADS TO OTHER COMPONENTS VIA THE WIRE HARNESSES CONNECTED TO CAM SENSORS. OIL CONTAMINATION WILL DAMAGE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (NAMELY THE ECU AND EXHAUST OXYGEN SENSORS) IF THE CAM SENSORS AND WIRE HARNESSES ARE NOT REPLACED. A NEW CAM SENSOR AND WIRE HARNESS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS THE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE DEFECTIVE CAM SENSOR AND WIRE HARNESS WERE USED ON THE PREVIOUS ENGINE DESIGN (M111). THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR M111 ENGINE BUT NOT THE M271 ENGINE. MERCEDES REFUSES TO RECALL THIS DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON THE M271 ENGINE CAUSING OWNERS TO PAY FOR THE $900 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. WITHOUT THIS REPAIR THE ECU (PART COST $2000) AND OXYGEN SENSORS (QTY 2 @ $238 EA) WILL BE EVENTUALLY DAMAGED AND WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, PAID MORE THAN $ 2,400.00 TO REPLACE 2 CAM SENSORS, 2 OXYGEN SENSORS, AND WIRING HARNESS. REPAIR SHOP SAYS THAT THIS IS A DEFECT THAT MB HAS KNOWN ABOUT FOR YEARS. *TR

THE INSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR IN MY 2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK 230 (R170 MODEL) IS AN ELECTRO CHROMIC SELF-DIMMING MIRROR THAT HAS NO MANUAL BACKUP. THE MIRROR CONTAINED A FLUID WHICH LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE SELF-DIMMING MIRROR TO FAIL TO PROVIDE DIMMING AGAINST REAR APPROACHING HEADLIGHTS RESULTING IN THE DRIVER TO EITHER BE BLINDED OR TO HAVE TO TURN THE MIRROR AWAY WHICH GREATLY ELIMINATES REAR VIEW CAPABILITY IN THE INTERIOR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED CASES OF THESE MIRRORS FAILING IN VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS AS A RESULT OF USUALLY FROM THE INTERNAL FLUID LEAKING. I CONTACTED THE OEM MIRROR MAKER, AND THEY REFUSED TO RETURN OUR PHONE CALL/MESSAGES. I RECENTLY READ ON THE MAINTENANCE BLOGS THAT MAGNA DONNELLY WERE REPLACING BUT, STOPPED ALL OF SUDDEN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT HAS EVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. *TR