2011 MERCEDES-BENZ R350 Complaints

TAKATA RECALL TWENTY-TWO MONTHS AND COUNTING!! MANUFACTURER HAS NOT PRODUCED REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND RECALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO UNAVAILABLE REMEDY. INTERESTING THAT MERCEDES BENZ HAS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE AND SELL MILLIONS OF VEHICLES IN THAT TIME, BUT THEY CANNOT PRODUCE NEW AIRBAGS.

TAKATA RECALL: THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR OVER 12 MONTHS AND WAS NEVER REPAIRED DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE PARTS. THE NHTSA VIN LOOKUP TOOL NOW LISTS NO ACTIVE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. WHY NOT? WHEN WILL PARTS BE AVAILABLE? HOW COULD KE THIS POSSIBLY BE TAKING SO LONG? PERHAPS IT BEEN SO LONG THAT NHTSA'S LONG-TERM MEMORY HAS FAILED.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT ABOUT MY VEHICLE. IT IS CALLING TO LIGHT AN ISSUE COMMON TO MOST OR ALL VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. BECAUSE THERE ARE NOW SO MANY OPTIONS FOR LIGHTING, E.G. HEADLAMPS, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, ETC. IT IS MY IMPRESSION THAT MANY DRIVERS NOW HAVE NO IDEA IF THEIR TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON OR OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I THINK THERE IS A SEROUS NATIONAL ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AROUND DAWN AND DUSK, W/ RESPECT TO SEEING THE BACK ENDS OF OTHER VEHICLES. NHTSA SHOULD CONSIDER REQUIRING AUTO MANUFACTURERS TO INCLUDE DASHBOARD INDICATORS SHOWING THE DRIVER EXACTLY THE STATUS OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR LIGHTS ILLUMINATION (OR NOT) AT ALL TIMES.

TAKATA RECALL. VEHICLE RECALL REMEDY TAKING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME. NO REMEDY AVAILABLE, NO ACCOUNTABILITY AVAILABLE, NO NON-BANKRUPT PARTS SUPPLIER AVAILABLE, AND NO ACTION BY NHTSA AVAILABLE. TIME TO HOLD DAIMLER BENZ RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NONSENSE.

TAKATA RECALL. CAR IS 2011 AND AS AN OLDER VEHICLE MAY BE MORE PRONE TO SEAT BELT ISSUES.

TAKATA RECALL #16V081 MFG RECALL #2016020003 RECALL DATE FEB 11,2016 MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE, AND I HAVE GREAT FEAR FOR HER SAFETY EVERY TIME SHE GETS BEHIND THE WHEEL. PLEASE ADVISE WHEN THIS WILL BE REMEDIED.

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND UNDER THE COVERED PORTICO AND PLACED MY CAR IN "PARK" WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN.I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WENT TO CHECK SOMETHING AT MY FRONT DOOR WHICH WAS FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT OF THE PARKED CAR BEFORE PROCEEDING TO OPEN THE GATE ACROSS OUR DRIVEWAY.THE GATE IS AT THE END OF AN 11 FOOT LONG BRICK EXTERIOR HOUSE WALL ON THE LEFT OF THE DRIVEWAY.I NOTICED THE CAR MOVING AND ON IMPULSE TRIED TO ENTER THE CAR TO STOP IT.I GOT MY RIGHT LEG IN THE DOOR JUST BEFORE THE DOOR HIT A CONCRETE PLANTER TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRONT DOOR AND SHUT ON MY LEG MID-THIGH.THE DOOR THEN HIT THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE HOUSE AND MY LEG WAS CLAMPED IN.I FLATTENED MY BODY AS CLOSE TO THE CAR AS POSSIBLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID BEING CRUSHED.THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE SCRAPING THE DOOR AND MY FRONT BODY ALONG THE BRICK WALL.WHEN THE CAR REACHED THE CLOSED GATE IT PUSHED IT OPEN.ONCE THE DOOR WAS PAST THE HOUSE WALL, IT OPENED AND FREED ME.THE CAR THEN CONTINUED TO DRIVE FORWARD TO THE BACK YARD AND CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL.IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT I DID NOT GET THE CAR IN "PARK" THIS CAR HAS A SAFETY FEATURE WHEREIN THE CAR IS AUTOMATICALLY THROWN INTO "PARK" SHOULD THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN UNDER A CERTAIN SPEED.IF THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN AND YOU TRY TO PUT THE CAR IN "DRIVE" RED WARNING LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH BOARD.I HAVE TRIED TO RECREATE THESE EVENTS AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CAR WAS MOVING ON ITS OWN. *TR