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

 

You pay for warranty and you pay insurance premiums.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

Just curious... how much did they settle for??

I'd sure hope you're getting nothing less than a brand new E63 sitting in your driveway courtesy of MB!

 

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.

 

What "rest of damage". I have seen no mention of any damage other than the airbags going off.

 

His wifes eardrums and the "poo" stain on her seat.

Bazzle

 

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

 

You expect them to supply and replace aftermarket parts?? Do not believe that that will ever happen.

 

They were fine before there air bags went off. They will pay in the long run in court

 

Glad everyone was ok.

 

That kind of happened to my wife, I found out she was lying to me though. turns out she drove off the road then the airbags went off. She said they went off then drove off the road.

 

I think MB is about the last corporation that id ever want to go toe to toe with in a court room.just imagine you and your attorney are sitting there waiting and in walks the MB entourage,20 men in 3k dollar suits,YIKES!

 

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).

 

Bingo! I agree.

 

I think I kind of agree more with this one. I have seen this happen quite a few times.

 

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

 

I sincerely feel that your insurance company will not waste their time taking on Mercedes. If they do, its likely they will not prevail and it will be a waste of your time also as you will have to be there. Its good that they honored the claim but most likely thats as far as it will go. From the tone of your post I think that perhaps you are acting on emotion and not reality as so far as the suit is concerned. Being vindictive is OK but it will only make you feel better for a short time and it will waste not only your time but the time of every one involved not to mention the taxpayer's cash and the court resources.

 

Bingo, we have a winner. Even my Volvo and Acura manuals mention this. If you hit a pot hole and the impact is bg enough the sensor will go into action. Sounds like the car did what it was designed to do.

 

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.

 

My SRS light has flashed a few times today, it went off then came on...we ate dinner never came on going home. Seen it flash about 4 times in the last month? WTF....2004 E55 amg

 

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.