2013 MERCEDES-BENZ C250 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ C250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS) IN JANUARY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING MERCEDES-BENZ OF COLUMBUS (7470 VETERANS PKWY, COLUMBUS, GA), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE DEFECT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

VEHICLE SHOULD NOT START. WAS LEFT STRANDED. DIAGNOSTICS RETURNED ESL FAILURE. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM OTHER CONSUMERS.

HELLO, MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOTIFIED ME THAT THEY WILL BE REMOVING MY VEHICLE FROM MY POLICY AS IT CANNOT BE REGISTERED IN CANADA DUE TO THIS OUTSTANDING RECALL. I WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AND PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. HOW LONG ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO WAIT TO HAVE A NECESSARY RECALL FOXED? NOT TO MENTION UNSAFE! I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR FOR 8 MONTHS DUE TO THIS RECALL. THIS IS VERY DISHEARTENING AND UNRELIABLE OF MERCEDES BENZ. I HAVE CONTACTED HE COMPANY MANY TIMES AND THEY NEVER HAVE AN ANSWER OF WHEN IT IS READY AND KEEP CHANGING THE DATE

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ C250W. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS) AND 17V627000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED MERCEDES-BENZ OF TAMPA AT 813-579-2138 (LOCATED AT 4400 N DALE MABRY HWY, TAMPA, FL 33614) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS) AND PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V627000 (AIR BAGS).

TAKATA RECALL - THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT MAKING THE AIRBAG REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE RENDERING 2 OF MY VEHICLES UNSAFE FOR PASSENGERS.

TAKATA RECALL I BOUGHT MY 2013 MERCEDES C250 USED IN 2016 IN ROCHESTER NY. THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD AS A NEW CAR IN FLORIDA AND WAS THERE FOR IT'S FIRST THREE YEARS. THIS PUTS ME AT A HIGHER RISK LEVEL FOR A DANGEROUS AIR BAG. I BELIEVE YOUR SYSTEM ONLY TRACKS CURRENT LOCATION AND DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CARS HISTORY. I AM IN A ZONE C BUT THE CAR HAS SIGNIFICANT TIME IN ZONE A. I AM REQUESTING THAT I BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR THE REPLACEMENT AIR BAG. MY CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN SERVICED WITH THE REST OF THE ZONE A CARS IN 2017. IT IS NOW EARLY 2019 WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT. MY LOCAL MD DEALER HAS GIVEN ME NO SATISFACTION ON THIS ISSUE AND APPEARS HELPLESS TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.

DROVE UP TO DESTINATION PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF IGNITION WHEN I THEN REACHED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE AND WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. DRIVERS DOOR LATCH/ HANDLE BROKE AND UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR TO GET OUT OF CAR. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED IT WAS NOT A RECALL AND NOT A SAFETY CONCERN AND I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE DOOR WHICH THEY QUOTED ME $1000.00 (LABOR/DOOR). THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN YOU CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR WITH WINDOW UP. DEALER STATED THE PART HAS 2 YEAR WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO ASSURANCE THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN NOR IF THE OTHER DOORS LATCH/HANDLE WILL BREAK AS WELL.

TAKATA RECALL SAFETY RISK: YOUR PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG IS AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL BASED ON THE DEFECT DECISION OF TK HOLDINGS, INC. (TAKATA). UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES DURING A CRASH THAT NECESSITATES FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, THE DEFECT IN YOUR PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR MAY CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO EXPLODE DURING DEPLOYMENT AND COULD RESULT IN SHARP METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS, POSSIBLY CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. UNITL TODAY'S DATE THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS AIRBAG PROBLEM OF MY VEHICLE FROM MERCEDEZ BENZ AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A REPLACEMENT OF THE CAR BOUGHT BACK.

TAKATA RECALL. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM A DEALERSHIP IN DECEMBER 2017 NOT KNOWING IT IR HAD TAKATA AIRBAGS. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL MERCEDES DEALERSHIP WHEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL CARD IN THE MAIL. THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS IN STOCK TO FIX IT. THIS HAS NOW BEEN OVER A YEAR AND NOBODY WILL HELP ME.

AS I WAS DRIVING TO COME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD. LUCKLY I WASN'T ON MAJOR HIGHWAY OR ELSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. AFTER READING FARTHER REPORTS THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS OF TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND AS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. MERCEDES DID NOT DO ANY RECALLS OR PUT OUT ANY SAFETY NOTICES TO CUSTOMERS. THIS IS MAJOR SAFETY VIOLATION AND I FEEL THAT THEY DID NOT THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CUSTOMERS. I CONTACTED THE MERCEDES HEADQUARTERS AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THIS ISSUE AND THEY HAD NO ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM. I FELT MY LIFE WAS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF THE MERCEDES ENGINES AS WELL AS THE OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT UP THIS COMPLAINT. THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OFFERED A LOUSY INCENTIVE OF $1000 TOWARD NEW VEHICLE OR $500 TOWARD A CERTIFIED PREOWNED VEHICLE. THEN THEY ALSO CHARGED ME $800 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEN TO TELL ME AFTER THAT THAT IT MIGHT NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMEND A NEW ENGINE. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR A ENGINE THAT GOES OUT AT ONLY HAVING 110000 MILES ON IT. A TOP CLASS CAR DEALER AND THEIR ENGINES GO OUT AT 110000 MILES. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.