2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 Complaints

MB E-350 2008 IS EQUIPPED WITH LOW PROFILE TIRES CONTIPRO CONTACT 245/40 R 18 THE TIRES CONTACT DISTANCE FROM ROAD SURFACE TO BOTTOM OF RIM IS APP.2 INCH. THE RIM DIAMETER IS APP.19+ INCHES. THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE FURTHER REDUCES THE CONTACT DISTANCE. THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAR AT NORMAL SPEED WHEN COMES ACROSS A SMALL POT WHOLE OR AN OBJECT THE RIM OF THE CAR ITSELF BURST THE TIRE RESULTING INTO TIRE EXPLOSION AND BENDING OF THE RIM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND IF NOT CORRECTED IN A TIMELY MANNER MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS INCLUDING DRIVER AND OTHER PASSERS BY INCLUDING ROAD DEATH 2)THIS HAPPENS 2 TIMES. MBUSA ROAD ASSISTANCE CAME 2 TIMES AND INSTALLED DUMMY TIRE CAME WITH THE CAR. 3) MB USA REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND MUST BE REVIEWED AS THE RIM ITSELF MAY EXPLODE THE TIRE AND GET BENT AS WELL. UPDATED IVOQ 01/21/11 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCEDES BENZ E350. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OVER A POTHOLE THE TIRE EXPLODED. THE TIRE WAS A CONTINENTAL CONTIPRO CONTACT SIZE 245/40R18.93V. THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND THE RIM WAS NO LONGER ALIGNED. THE FAILURE COULD HAVE LED TO A FATALITY DUE TO THE POOR DESIGN. THE WHEEL RIM ON THE TIRES WAS 18 INCHES AND THE TIRE WAS TWO TO THREE INCHES OFF THE GROUND. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRE AND RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DAMAGED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE REPAIRED THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE DEFECT; YET, THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THEY WOULD GIVE HIM A FREE TIRE WHICH HE DID NOT RECEIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCEDES BENZ E350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE HEATED SEAT FAILED AND OVERHEATED. THE SEAT BURNED THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHE NEEDED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE PERFORMED. THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE HEATER CIRCUIT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT WAS NOT AN ISSUE AND THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY HOW THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,400.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCEDES BENZ E350 WITH CONTINENTAL, CONTI PRO CONTACT TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE TIRES WOULD FORM A BLISTER OR BUBBLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TIRES WERE UNSAFE AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED SHE HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED SEVERAL BLOWOUTS WITH THE TIRES. SHE WOULD HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED WHENEVER SHE WOULD EXPERIENCE A BLOWOUT. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TIRES WOULD BLOWOUT EASILY BECAUSE THEY WERE LOW COMPOSING TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,786.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HEATER MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING A FIRE. VEHICLE WAS A 2008 MERCEDES E350. *TR

MERCEDES BENZ 2008 E350. AIRBAG ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN MANHATTAN, NY. *TR