Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 5 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 mercedes benz e550. the contact stated that he had experienced numerous tire blowouts due to driving over road irregularities. the failures were experienced while driving at various speeds over 35 mph. the manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that the vehicle could only be equipped with low profile rims. the blown out tires were replaced, but the failure was not remedied. the failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 115,000. | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 5 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 mercedes benz e550. the contact stated that he had experienced numerous tire blowouts due to driving over road irregularities. the failures were experienced while driving at various speeds over 35 mph. the manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that the vehicle could only be equipped with low profile rims. the blown out tires were replaced, but the failure was not remedied. the failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 115,000. kmj | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 115000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mercedes benz e550. the contact stated that he had experienced numerous tire blowouts due to driving over road irregularities. the failures were experienced while driving at various speeds. the manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that the vehicle could only be equipped with low profile rims. the blown out tires were replaced, but the failure was not remedied. the failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 115,000. sm. | |||
| 09/19/2009 | 14441 | 1 | |
| 2008 mercedes e550 rim problem. i have owned this vehicle for 8 months and have had two front tire blowouts on 2 different occasions from hitting small pot hole. the rim gets bent then the tire blows out. the latest incident, a police officer and i watched many vehicles driving over the pot hole with no problems. the rims are the 12 spoke that comes stock on the e550's. *tr | |||