2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C250 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V627000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED MERCEDES-BENZ OF RICHMOND AT (804) 755-9300 (8225 W. BROAD ST., HENRICO, VA 23294) AND CONFIRMED THAT 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C250. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE DUE TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND PAIN THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND A PHYSICAL THERAPIST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN BMW COLLISION AUTO CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DECLARED TOTALED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C250. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V627000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER (MERCEDES-BENZ OF ALEXANDRIA, 200 S PICKETT ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304, (703) 341-2100) INSPECTED WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE REMEDY AND PART WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL: TO DATE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. HOWEVER, MY AUTO IS LISTED IN THE AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE AS HAVING DEFECTIVE GROUNDING IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH COULD LEAD TO A PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG.

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY C-250 CONCERNING THE TAKATA AS WELL AS THE STEERING COLUMM WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. HOWEVER, WHEN I CALLED MERCEDES THEY SAID TO WAIT UNTIL THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON AND STOP IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR A TOW AND THEY WOULD BRING IT IN AND COULD TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO GET PARTS AND REPAIR. IN MY UNDERSTANDING IF THE AIR BAG SHOULD DEPLOY DOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD ENDANGER MANY LIVES. NOT SURE I CAM COMFORTABLE WITH THE ANSWERS I GOT FROM MERCEDES. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT.

TAKATA RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. I CONFIRMED MY CAR WAS INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL VIA WWWAIRBAGRECALL.COM AND CALLED PARK PLACE MERCEDES IN GRAPEVINE, TX. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INSISTED MY CAR WAS NOT RECALLED. SHE WAS RUDE AND JUST KEPT SAYING IT WAS NOT RECALLED. BTW, THIS HAPPENED OCTOBER 25, 2017. THE DROP DOWN BELOW WOULD ONLY LET ME ENTER OCTOBER 24 OR BEFORE.

I WAS DRIVING ON GLADES ROAD, BOCA RATON, FL. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, SAW SMOKE AND LOST MY POWER STEERING. I MANAGED TO PULL INTO TOWN CENTER MALL, GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE BOCA RATON POLICE CAME, #5 FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MERCEDES OF DELRAY.

STATIONARY VEHICLE'S DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE CAR. THE LATCH IS LOOSELY MOVING AROUND WITH NO CONNECTION TO THE DOOR LOCK WHATSOEVER.

I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, GOT OFF ONTO A SIDE ROAD AND WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHILE BRAKING: MY CAR COMPLETELY DIED (WHILE IN DRIVE). THE MOTOR SHUT OFF, THE ELECTRICAL DASH SYSTEM LIGHTS ALL WENT OFF AND THE HAZARD TRIANGLE SYSTEM CAME ON (WITH THE SYMBOL OF AN EXCLAMATION MARK(!) INSIDE THE TRIANGLE). AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF, I PUT IT IN PARK, AND IT RESTARTED. SCARY! I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS.

THOUGH I APPEAR TO HAVE MANAGED ONLY MINIMAL INJURY IN THE RANDOM MALFUNCTIONING DEPLOYMENT OF MY STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR COLLISION, I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY MY CAR'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY WHILE I WAS DRIVING 50, 60 OR 70 MPH. I WAS ACTUALLY PARKED WHEN THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION AS WELL. EVEN IF THE CAR IS REPAIRED, IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND EVEN LEAD TO FATALITIES OF MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND OTHER ADJACENT VEHICLES' PASSENGERS ON THE ROAD. MY WIFE PERSONALLY DOESN'T WANT TO RIDE IN THAT CAR KNOWING THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I DID A LITTLE INVESTIGATING AND I FOUND THAT MERCEDES-BENZ HAS A RECENT HISTORY OF THESE ISSUES. PLEASE SEE ARTICLE FROM NY TIMES BELOW. THE MB DEALERSHIP IS STILL TESTING MY CAR TO FIGURE THINGS OUT BUT MY MAJOR CONCERN IS WITH THE SAFETY OF MYSELF, MY FAMILY, OTHER DRIVERS, AND OTHER C 250 OWNERS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS STILL NOT TAKEN A STANCE SO THIS IS NOT SO MUCH A COMPLAINT AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO A RECALL. THANK YOU. MERCEDES-BENZ RECALLS 126,000 VEHICLES OVER PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAGS >>>PLEASE COPY AND PASTE IF LINK DOESN'T WORK<<< HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2015/11/05/BUSINESS/MERCEDES-BENZ-RECALLS-126000-VEHICLES-OVER-PROBLEMS-WITH-AIRBAGS.HTML?_R=0 *TR