German workers sabotage Mercedes-Benz production lines W204 related
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German workers sabotage Mercedes-Benz production lines W204 related
Is anyone else ticked off right now
So far our car has been great we've had it well over a year now and have put more than 20K miles YTD but now I'm wondering about what could possibly be wrong down the road.....
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/17/w...ke-mercedes-fo
Lets discuss....
-Ryan
So far our car has been great we've had it well over a year now and have put more than 20K miles YTD but now I'm wondering about what could possibly be wrong down the road.....http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/17/w...ke-mercedes-fo
A master mechanic and two clerks, among others, are being investigated for intentionally sabotaging Mercedes cars being built at the Sindelfingen factory. Allegedly, repair shops in the area that weren't part of the Daimler corporation were bribing workers with gifts, trips, and cash to alter the cars so that the repair shops could get the contracts to fix them.
The sabotage included scratching the cars, loosening clamps and bolts, as well as -- incredibly -- putting foreign liquids into brake lines. According to Suddeutsche Zeitung, the cars affected were C-, E-, and S-Class. The Stuttgart prosecutor's office estimates the costs to Mercedes in the many of millions, but the greatest irony is this: the workers under investigation were part of the quality control department.
The sabotage included scratching the cars, loosening clamps and bolts, as well as -- incredibly -- putting foreign liquids into brake lines. According to Suddeutsche Zeitung, the cars affected were C-, E-, and S-Class. The Stuttgart prosecutor's office estimates the costs to Mercedes in the many of millions, but the greatest irony is this: the workers under investigation were part of the quality control department.
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wow I wonder how they are going to deal with this? Doesn't the VIN number denote build location? Anybody know more about that?
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I just got my vin# on the 10th, so i'm hoping they re-inspect my car befoer i pick it up on 1 Dec; but it's only a 2hr drive to the factory for me so i won't have a problem hunting down the responsible parties
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this is surely embarrassing for MB. greed is indeed a deadly sin. wonder if not having a job and that reputation that will follow them around for the rest of their lives was worth the bribes??
are all the cars built at that factory staying in that area or did they mess up a bunch of cars that were shipped to places that would never benefit from those bribes?
are all the cars built at that factory staying in that area or did they mess up a bunch of cars that were shipped to places that would never benefit from those bribes?
