tscales

This might be a dupe, but I didn't see it.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/mercede...akata-airbags/

Our cars have been recalled (along with 800K other Mercedes).

Guess I'll be parking it until it is fixed. These things kill people.

I just called Mercedes. They have a recording just for this, which basically says "We haven't decided we're going to keep you from dying. We'll let you know".

Sound familiar?

nepats

I called a few Mercedes and they asked for the vin # and said it wasnt in mine; could this true or do they just not wanna fix my car?

justinwrock

I think it covers the updated/facelifted steering wheels (like 07+).

tscales

I think they're blowing smoke. My dealer (and Mercedes itself) say that they have not released any information on what cars are covered.

tscales

That says, the info says 2005-2014

Shadow5501

The wording is interesting. It says 2005-2014 "could" have recalled Takata airbags, as if parts from multiple manufacturers were used during production.

nepats

Yeah, this is what it sounds like from the Mercedes' I've called

JoeNobody

I have a 2004, but I retrofitted a 2007 E63 steering wheel and airbag.

Hopefully Mercedes will provide a way to check airbags individually.

JoeNobody

http://www.ibtimes.com/takata-air-ba...makers-2302283

Looks like the W211 is not affected? The only E-Class they list is 2010+

Minty Fresh

I have been in an accident where my driver's airbag deployed and honestly it probably protected me from injury. Hard to tell because the crash was not very fast. Typical chain collision where everyone was braking except the guy behind me. Hit me, pushed me into the car in front of me, she hit the car in front of her, and one more. It was a very interesting sensation because once hit from behind, it was impossible to keep my foot on the brake because it feels like you are being slammed backwards into your seat.

That said, I have always been suspicious of airbags in general because they are tiny bombs waiting to go off. An electric spark ignites sodium nitrate and that releases an insane amount of nitrogen in milliseconds to inflate the bag. Rescue workers have been injured when reaching into cars to help injured people, and the bags go off way too late. All parts of a car will fail at some point, but airbag failure has no symptoms to let you know it's coming. What if all airbags start exploding after 30 years? Is that the manufacturer's responsibility?

e500slr

I agree, it's so disconcerting. I was throwing an airbag away but then decided against it and kept it because what if someone in the garbage processing center gets hurt if it deploys accidentally while they pick it up or something and I don't know how to set it off safely so I kept it. I sometimes look at mine while driving and wonder if it will go off at any minute Statistics say its unlikely but hey, I could be one in a million.

cetialpha5

Don't forget, there's several airbags in the car. I think mine has 8, not sure how many the older ones have. It's interesting that it only affects the 2010-2011 models. Newer isn't always better.

HeissRod

Just like the fuel tank recall, this will take a while to get the information to dealers and get the service advisors informed. Just because MB was just announced to be included in the recall doesn't mean the dealers are automatically set up to deal with it overnight.

1970gsx

Me too. I will sometimes check to make sure my arm is not across it incase it does go off it won't blow my arm into my face. Looks like my wifes Ml63 is affected.

Toadster

yup http://www.ibtimes.com/takata-air-ba...makers-2302283