1999 Mercedes-Benz 230 Recalls

“I heard a loud bang and felt the vehicle shudder violently. I immediately pulled over and inspected the vehicle. I thought that perhaps the entire exhaust system had fallen off the car but it had not. Upon close inspection I noticed that the drivers front suspension had collapsed and the fender…”

“Without any memory of hitting any bad potholes or anything else that could have compromised the suspension. While sitting in line to pick up the children at school the top support on the coil spring gave away, releasing the spring and causing the front of the car to strike the ground. Upon the…”

“Approximately, in 2001 I stopped into a mercedes dealer in latrobe, pa. For help replacing my right rear brake light. It was frozen in the socket and it wouldn't move. I was told that it was a design problem and that the socket holding the bulb gets so hot that the plastic adheres to the frame.…”

“Crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer detached from engine while driving, causing loss of power steering. Very dangerous. Car has only 14600 miles. *ak”

“The light in the dash board that comes on when brake pads are low did not come on until pads and rotors were below specs, and I had to replace the rotors. The warning system to replace pads did not perfrom it's job because the rotors were worn to the point where they had to be replaced.*ak”

“Driving the car at 45 miles an hour, heard a buzzing noise getting louder and louder, the accelerator was picking up speed on its own, pressed the brakes and the car wasn't stopping, I was on the highway, took the steering wheel made a hard left, was in the left lane, hit the concrete divider to…”

“Brakes are worn out, and t rotors are below safety level. *ak”

“My car self-accelerated causing crash into other vehicle. Brakes failed to stop self-propelled car. Manufacturer not acknowledging car problem. Putting burden of proof on me. I have no witnesses . I reported this to you on 5/28/00 and do not see it appearing on your website. I called this a.m. Got…”