Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/01/2001 | 1 | ||
| While vehicle was in dealership having other service performed, consumer was advised that the air bag relay module also needed to be replaced, which was not covered under warranty, consumer states the air bag relay module was not broken before vehicle was taken in. *jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 07/21/2004 | 137200 | 1 | |
| Air bags deployed without warning while driving about 45-50 mph.*ak | |||
| 04/18/1998 | |||
| While driving the driver's side air bag deployed without reason, cause unknown. dealer refuses to check why that happened. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||
| 02/02/2001 | 3 | 11/01/1997 | |
| The vehicle was traveling at 60 mph when all the interior control lights started to blink and all power was lost to the vehicle. vehicle was difficult to control, but no damage occurred. the vehicle was taken to the deaer and they indicated the battery and altenator required replacing. the short or electrical problem caused the srs system module to short out (airbag)and the dealer and manufacturer refused to replace it, stating they do cover that defect under warrnaty. this vehicle has significant problems with the front end, wearing out tires in 3-4000 miles. vehicle shakes and it appears that mercedes has had other problems with this model. | |||