2009 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES-BENZ ML350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V081000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MAY 2016. IT'S NOW OCT 2016. I TRIED CALLING MBUSA AND THE CALL KEEPS DISCONNECTING. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION WILL BE FIXED. I WANT MB TO REPLACE MY AIRBAG ASAP. THANKS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TAKATA RECALL. MERCEDES WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM IN JANUARY 2016 BUT HAS STILL NOT PROVIDED A SOLUTION. CAR IS CURRENTLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

TAKATA RECALL. RECEIVED LETTER FROM DEALER TO SAY THAT THEY NOW HAVE INFORMATION AS TO THE RECALL OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE. ITS BEEN NEARLY A YEAR. I CALLED DEALER WHO SAYS THAT ITS JUST THAT THE BAG INFLATES TOO FAST AND IS NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT HE IS WRONG ABOUT THE DEFECT. THE DEFECT IS THAT THE BAG PRODUCES SHRAPNEL WHEN INFLATED THAT CAN AND HAS CAUSED DEATHS OF DRIVERS.

RECEIVED LETTER IN MAY 2016 REGARDING THE AIR BAG RECALL 16V-081. STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED ON WHERE OR WHEN TO GET IT FIXED.

2 ISSUES: RIGHT SIDE REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. SECOND; AFTER A WEEK IN THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX AN A/C UNIT THAT CUTS OUT REPEATEDLY, AND THE ASSURANCES THAT THE NEW HARNESS THEY INSTALLED WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, IT HASN'T. EVEN THOUGH THE OUTSIDE TEMPS ARE NOT INTO TRIPLE DIGITS, IT WILL STOP COOLING AND SLOWLY THE AIR TEMP RISES. I THOUGHT THAT BEING IN SLOW TRAFFIC WAS THE REASON, BUT ON THE OPEN ROAD AND AN OAT OF 74, IT DID IT AGSIN.

LOUD NOISE FROM RIGHT FRONT AS THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON CITY STREET. JERK WAS FELT INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

THE REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT FIT SNUGLY AND THEY WILL NOT RETRACT AFTER USAGE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS THEY ARE INOPERABLE. BACK SEAT PASSENGERS ARE AT RISK DURING DRIVING.

WEEK OF JUNE 27TH, I STARTED TO NOTE GAS FUMES COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. GIVEN, I HAD RECENTLY FILLED UP ON GAS TANK, THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO "BURN OFF"... ON JULY 2ND, TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY NOTED THAT THEY COULD DETECT GAS FUMES COMING FROM UNDER MY VEHICLE AND ADVISED TO TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP IN ASAP... SAME DAY, TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER A FULL INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE, THEY ADVISED ME THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS BRAKING DOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY ADVISED THIS WAS SO INCREDIBLY RARE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. DRIVING MY VEHICLE WAS A HAZARD AND COULD HAVE EXPLODED. GIVEN THIS IS MY MAIN VEHICLE FOR ME AND MY SON, THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME!!! AND NOTHING SHOULD BE BRAKING DOWN AT 70,000 MILES... MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER IT AND IT COST ME $2000 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. AGAIN, NO ONE CAN ADVISE HOW THIS OCCURRED BUT NO ONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO CAN GIVE ME A REASON BUT NOTHING SHOULD BE DETERIORATING ON A LUXURY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCEDES BENZ ML350. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, FUEL FUMES EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.