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Airbags Depoly For No Reason
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2003 E500 2006 CLS 55 AMG 2002 F150 HARLEY
Airbags Depoly For No Reason
Just looking to find out if this ever happen to anyone else? My wife was on her way home in our 2003 E500 when the airbabs went off in the car. Now heres where it gets odd. It was the driver side airbags that went off but the wheel airbag didnt go just the driver seat the side curtin and the back door.The car is on its way to Mb now but dont know if i should call Statefarm or is Mb @ fault God knows
im not paying for this Lol
im not paying for this Lol
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You think. Mercedes is @ fault per dealer
Dont anyone find that odd that airbags go off while driving for no reason?????We better wake and smell the coffee because if it would have been the aigbag in the wheel that went off at 65mph on the highway someone could of been killed.
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I would call MB asap for premature deployment of airbags (I would expect warranty, but what was the cause) ? . I would also file report on NTSB for the safety issue to hopefully prevent injuries to someone else. Just my $.02.
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This is quite strange and I have not heard of it occurring before. I certainly do not believe it is a common issue but it is certainly a serious one..
Couple of questions;
Have there been any issue with the SRS light coming on or the pass air bag light coming or not coming on??
Has anyone worked on the pass door lately?
Has the car ever been in an accident??
Is there any unrepaired damage to the car?
Did you purchase the car new or used?
Has anyone serviced or made any sort of repairs to the vehicle recently??
While driving before the incident did the car hit any object in the road or go over any sort of bump or pot hole?
Couple of questions;
Have there been any issue with the SRS light coming on or the pass air bag light coming or not coming on??
Has anyone worked on the pass door lately?
Has the car ever been in an accident??
Is there any unrepaired damage to the car?
Did you purchase the car new or used?
Has anyone serviced or made any sort of repairs to the vehicle recently??
While driving before the incident did the car hit any object in the road or go over any sort of bump or pot hole?
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Mercedes is at fault
Ok after a month of my car being @ Mb i still dont have it How ever they admitted fault and have offered me a settlement as long as i sign there release to not sue them. What a joke this is.They will not tell me what happen still to this day. They did bring in an engineer to look at the car. For those of you that would like to see the relase just email me @ soldyou2@comcast.net and i will send it to you it is from MB CORP USA
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State farms paying
Still no car should have it back by the end of the week. Mb would not take care of the rest of the damage on my car just airbag's i will see them in court soon.
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Well let see 2 lowenhart rims @$1499 ea 1 tire @ $480 and the front end alligenment from going off the road after the airbags blew up in her face Mb sucks
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no ill intent,but?
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I'm assuming low profile tires..... vehicle hits pot hole......impact gets transmitted to closest impact sensor....SRS systems assumes impact......deploys air bags on the side of impact. If I'm correct the damaged wheels are on the side of deployed air bags. Vehicle did what it was designed for ( sense impact and save occupant).
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I'm assuming low profile tires..... vehicle hits pot hole......impact gets transmitted to closest impact sensor....SRS systems assumes impact......deploys air bags on the side of impact. If I'm correct the damaged wheels are on the side of deployed air bags. Vehicle did what it was designed for ( sense impact and save occupant).
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SLK350,
My Air Bags did the same thing...
Here is my thread...
https://mbworld.org/forums/slk-class-r171/265355-airbags-deployment.html
I got lucky and my insureance company is going to repair everything and then Sue the SH*T out of Mercedes
I tried to get them to do it but they said it was not a warrantee issue.
I hope things go good for you too.... please let us know
https://mbworld.org/forums/slk-class-r171/265355-airbags-deployment.html
I got lucky and my insureance company is going to repair everything and then Sue the SH*T out of Mercedes
I tried to get them to do it but they said it was not a warrantee issue.
I hope things go good for you too.... please let us know
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Here is my thread...
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=265355
I got lucky and my insureance company is going to repair everything and then Sue the SH*T out of Mercedes
I tried to get them to do it but they said it was not a warrantee issue.
I hope things go good for you too.... please let us know
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=265355
I got lucky and my insureance company is going to repair everything and then Sue the SH*T out of Mercedes
I tried to get them to do it but they said it was not a warrantee issue.
I hope things go good for you too.... please let us know
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I'm assuming low profile tires..... vehicle hits pot hole......impact gets transmitted to closest impact sensor....SRS systems assumes impact......deploys air bags on the side of impact. If I'm correct the damaged wheels are on the side of deployed air bags. Vehicle did what it was designed for ( sense impact and save occupant).
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I fully agree but this guy will never be convinced, he is quite litigous and feels he is in for a home run in court. Don't think that will happen.
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Wow, how'd this thread get resurrected? It'd been dormant for nearly a year before MadSpeed somehow stumbled across it.
Wonder though how the OP made out taking on corporate M-B. He's still active on the forum, last activity 08-04-2009, but nothing more about his claim.
Not well I'd guess. Mercedes has a lot of leeway when deciding how to view aftermarket parts, performance tunings, etc. in the aftermath of an incident. And I suspect it was a very narrow view in this case since it could set a precedent.
Wonder though how the OP made out taking on corporate M-B. He's still active on the forum, last activity 08-04-2009, but nothing more about his claim.
Not well I'd guess. Mercedes has a lot of leeway when deciding how to view aftermarket parts, performance tunings, etc. in the aftermath of an incident. And I suspect it was a very narrow view in this case since it could set a precedent.
