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Air Bags
11/29/2018
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MERCEDES-BENZ R350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V081000 (AIR BAGS). AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
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Air Bags
06/04/2018
TAKATA RECALL REMEDY REMAINS UNAVAILABLE. LETTERS FROM MERCEDES BENZ CLAIMED THAT THE REMEDY WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN JUNE 2018. WELL, THEY FIRST SAID MARCH 2018, THEN SAID THAT WAS AN ERROR. THINKING IS HARD. IT IS JUNE 2018, AND NO REMEDY. MERCEDES CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND EARN MONEY ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES EACH MONTH. THEY COULD NOT BE INCONVENIENCED TO PRODUCE PARTS FOR THEIR OLD BUCKETS OF JUNK THAT MAY SAVE CUSTOMERS' LIVES. THIS IS MERCEDES AFTER ALL. A COLD ACTUARIAL CALCULATION OF DELAYING THIS RECALL SO THAT SOME OF THE CARS ARE SALVAGED VERSUS ANY LAWSUITS RESULTING FROM INJURED CUSTOMERS. MERCEDES, I HOPE THAT YOUR ABYSMAL APPROACH TO MAKING AND STANDING BEHIND VEHICLES IS EXPOSED. WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER OF THIS MAKE. NHTSA, YOU CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE LOWEST PERFORMING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO CAPITULATE TO AUTOMAKERS' EVERY WHIM AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICAN LIVES? I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD, OR...
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Air Bags
05/19/2017
TAKATA RECALL, AS I RECEIVED 2 RECALL LETTERS THAT HAS LIED TO ME AND KEEP GIVING ME NO TIME TABLE ON WHEN IT WILL BE REPAIRED, FIRST LETTER I RECEIVED WAS DECEMBER 2017 IT STATED THE AIRBAGS WILL BE REPAIRED IN MARCH 2018, THEN I RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER THE FOLLOWING MONTH JANUARY 2018 THE SECOND LETTER NOW STATES IT WILL BE REPAIRED SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER 2018, NOW I STRONGLY BELIEVE I'M BEING STALLED HOPING THAT I WILL GIVE UP AND IMPATIENT , HOPING THAT I WILL TURN IN THE VEHICLE AND THEY WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME DOWN THE ROAD, BOTH RECALL LETTERS STATES THE RISK WHICH IS IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH NECESSITATING DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR COULD RUPTURE WITH METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND SHOULD NOT BE FORCE TO DRIVE IT TIL THEY REPLACE THE AIRBAGS AND I RISK MY LIFE AND OTHERS ,MY CAR HAS DEPRECIATED DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE OF THIS RECALL, I CAN...
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Electrical System, air Bags, unknown Or Other
02/01/2018
TAKATA RECALL
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Air Bags, engine
11/06/2017
TAKATA RECALL THIS VEHICLE HAS AIRBAGS SAFETY RECALL BY TAKATA, THE DEFECTED AIRBAGS ON THIS CAR WAS DISCOVERED 2015, THIS SAFETY RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED TO ME BEFORE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED TO ME BEFORE I EVEN WENT ON A TEST DRIVE, THIS CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SOLD AT ALL UNTIL THE AIRBAGS ARE REPLACED THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF,MY INSURANCE IS HIGH BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE AGAIN THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLD TO ME NOR SOLD AT ALL UNTIL THE AIRBAGS ARE REPLACED , DUE TO THE UNSAFETYNESS OF THIS VEHICLE THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE BOUGHT BACK FROM MERCEDES OR ALLY BANK I WAS LIED TO BY MERCEDES, I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL BE REPLACED 3/2018 ,NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS WONT BE REPLACE TIL 9/2018 ,THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY FOR 7 MORE MONTHS AND RISK MY LIFE AND WHOEVER IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WITH DEFECTED AIRBAGS , MERCEDES KNOWS WHAT THE RISKS ARE FOR DRIVING THE VEHICL...