2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C300 Complaints

TAKATA RECALL - WHY HAS THE NHTSA GRANTED AN EXTENSION TO PRIORITY GROUP 4 VEHICLES? MBUSA HAS MADE VERY LITTLE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE AIRBAG RECALL AND HAVING THE NHTSA ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO DRAG THEIR FEET IS UNACCEPTABLE.

TAKATA RECALL. MY AIRBAGS HAVE STILL YET TO BE REPLACED DESPITE A RECALL TAKING PLACE MULTIPLE YEARS AGO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MERCEDES-BENZ C300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE RETAINED EXCESSIVE WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BENZEL-BUNCH MOTOR CAR (28 GRAND AVE, ENGLEWOOD, NJ) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DRAINS WERE CLOGGED AND THEY WOULD NEED TO PERFORM A FLUSH TO REMOVE THE WATER AND REWIRE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000.

TAKATA RECALL THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING RECALL ON MY VEHICLE SINCE 2016 WHICH STATES IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH METAL FRAGMENTS MAY COME THROUGH THE AIRBAG AND INFLICT SERIOUS BODILY INJURY ON THE DRIVER AND/OR THE PASSENGER. WHAT REMEDY DO I HAVE AS WE ARE NOW IN 2018 AND THIS HAS STILL YET TO BE FIXED?

WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR MY PASSENGER SEAT WAS RIPPED IN THE SEAM. I TOOK MY CAR TO MERCEDES DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONTACTED MERCEDES TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED AND MERCEDES SAID NO'I HAD TO OF CLEANED MY SEATS WITH CLEANER TO WEAR OUT THE LEATHER. I FOR 1. HAD JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND IT WAS A ONE OWNER BEFORE ME (LEASE) AND 2. I NEVER CLEAN MY SEATS WITH ANY CLEANER AND THE R.I.P. WAS RIGHT ON THE SEAM, SO THIS TO ME WAS A DEFECT IN THE SEAT FROM THE GET GO WITH MERCEDES. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK PHOTOS SO THOSE SHOULD BE ON FILE. THIS WAS DENIED AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. SECONDLY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER SEAT'THE EXACT SAME RIP. I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED OUT OF MY OWN POCKET AS WELL. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE TWO SEATS WITHIN 6 MONTHS OR SO RIP IN THE SEAMS AND MERCEDES DOESN'T THINK IT'S A DEFECT ON THEIR PART. I'VE OWNED SEVERAL MERCEDES AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE LET ALONG IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME WITH ANY OF MY CARS. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE MERCEDES MANUFACTURED SEATS PUT BACK IN BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE. I THINK MERCEDES SHOULD PAY FOR MY SEATS TO BE REPLACED.

TAKATA RECALL. I RECEIVED A LETTER ON 5/2016 AND STILL HAVE NO INFORMATION ON WHEN THIS WILL BE REMEDIED. I AM GETTING UPSET AND WORRIED.

AS OF DECEMBER 21,2017 I AM STILL TRYING TO GET MY TAKATA AIRBAGS REPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE RECALL. I KEEP GETTING LEGAL NOTICES TO VISIT AIRBAGRECALL.COM, REGISTER MY CAR, AND GO TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, BUT MERCEDES BENZ OF BATON ROUGE STILL CANNOT REPLACE THEM. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO OR WHAT ELSE TO DO. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR OR MORE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REPLACE AIRBAGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON RECALL FOR4 YEARS BUT THEY ALWAYS SAY THERE ARE UNAVAILABE SINE RECAL IS SO LARGE?

TAKATA RECALL FOR DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS SINCE 2016. ALTHOUGH I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL MERCEDESS DEALERSHIP ABOUT FIVE TIMES ON THIS ISSUE, I AM ADVISED THEY ARE STILL UNABLE TO SERVICE EITHER AIRBAG. THIS IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN TO ME AS I AM A SINGLE 48 YEAR OLD FEMALE, WHO HAS AN ONLY CHILD (SON) WHO IS 12 YEARS OF AGE. ASIDE FROM HIM LOSING HIS FATHER IN JANUARY 2017 - I ALSO TAKE CARE OF MY 78 YEAR OLD MOTHER. THERE ARE NO OTHER CLOSE RELATIVES OUTSIDE OF US SO I TRULY NEED TO TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION AT SAFETY. MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE USUAL SO I AM ASKING THAT THIS REQUEST BE EXPEDITED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

MERCEDES DEALERSHIPS CONTINUE TO STATE THAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR MBUSA TO GIVE THEM THE REMEDY FOR THE AIRBAG REPLACEMENTS. NO SPECIFIC DATE OF INJURY, ARE THEY WAITING FOR AN INJURY TO OCCUR? TAKATA IS GOING BANKRUPT, THEIR WEBSITE PROVIDES A AIRBAG REPLACEMENT LINK WHICH SENDS US TO THE DEALERSHIPS WHOM REFUSE TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS. THEY HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXCUSE EVER SINCE I LEARNED OF THE DEFECT.