2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E400 Complaints

I AM WAITING TO BUY THIS CAR BUT DO NOT WANT TO BUY UNTIL THE AIRBAGS ARE FIXED. THE CAR HAS REMAINED ON RECALL OF AIRBAGS SINCE JAN. 2019.

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING MONTHS FOR A FIX TO THIS RECAL PROBLEM. WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG FOR THEM TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. I AM STARTING TO GET VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF.

TAKATA RECALL I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR AND WANT THE DEALERSHIP TO GIVE ME A LOANER.

2017 MERCEDES BENZ E400. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TAKATA SAFETY AIRBAG RECALL. *LD *TR

2017 MERCEDES BENZ E400. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG SAFETY DEFECT. *LD *TR

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E400A. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE AIR BAGS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY OF 2020. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA AIRBAG DEFECT. I RECEIVED NOTICE OF RECALL FROM MB IN NOVEMBER, 2017, ALMOST 8 MONTHS AGO. DESPITE NUMEROUS FOLLOWUPS WITH BOTH MB AND THE DEALER, NEITHER MB OR THE MB DEALER CAN TELL ME WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP BEFORE MY WIFE OR I OR OTHER PERSONS ARE INJURED OR WORSE. THE MB NOTICE STATES THAT THE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ELECTRICAL GROUNDING, AN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE AND A BROKEN STEERING MODULE CLOCK SPRING, CAUSING INJURY AND RISK OF A CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E400. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V627000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MERCEDES-BENZ OF PALM SPRING (4095 E PALM CANYON DR, PALM SPRING, CA 92264), BUT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT AN EMAIL WOULD BE SENT AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E400 CONVERTIBLE EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN M+S TUBELESS RADIO X TIRES, SIZE: 255/35/R18 94H (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE WAS INFLATED. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT SUDDENLY. THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CAPITAL EUROCARS (3705 W TENNESSEE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32304 AT (888) 701-6470), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.