High Severity Issue
This component has been associated with crashes, fires, or deaths.
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Driver seatbelt exploded while buckled up as the car was going about 30 mph on a 4 lane street. No warning and was very traumatic. I had to pull over when I smelled something burning. When I released seatbelt to get out of the car it would not buckle up when I tried to get back in the seat. Had to drive home without seatbelt on Christmas Eve. The same thing happened a month later to the passenger seatbelt when I was a passenger in my car. This was very traumatic while driving down a 4 lane Avenue.
Driver seatbelt exploded while buckled up as the car was going about 30 mph on a 4 lane street. No warning and was very traumatic. I had to pull over when I smelled something burning. When I released seatbelt to get out of the car it would not buckle up when I tried to get back in the seat. Had to drive home without seatbelt on Christmas Eve. The same thing happened a month later to the passenger seatbelt when I was a passenger in my car. This was very traumatic while driving down a 4 lane Avenue.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MERCEDES-BENZ E320. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY DUE TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MERCEDES-BENZ E320. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY DUE TO A FAULTY WIRING HARNESSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 1997 E320 IN 2003 I TOOK THE CAR IN TO REPORT AN ODD ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER AT NEWPORT BEACH CA TOLD ME THAT CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT DESIGNED TO DRIVE IN HILLS, ALL OF OC IS FULL OF HILLS. THEY DID NOTHING TO REPAIR PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IN ADDITION I REPORTED THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OPENER TO NOT WORK IN TEMP ABOVE 80 DEGREES. I'M NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED. IN 2005 THE SENSOR NOTICE CAME ON TO REPORT ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE MB IN AUSTIN TEXAS. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $400 TO FIX. SINCE WE WERE ON AN EXTREMELY TIGHT BUDGET I ASKED HIM IF IT WENT UN-REPAIRED IF I WAS WORSENING A PROBLEM OR ENDANGERING MY SELF OR MY FAMILY IF I CONTIUED TO DRIVE IT THAT WAY. HE SAID IT WOULD BE OK TO DRIVE. NOW A FEW MONTHS LATER AROUND JANUARY (COLD WEATHER) THE CAR STARTED TO IDLE INTO VIBRATIONS AND A STRONG GAS SCENT FILLS THE CAR. NOT TRUSTING THE MB I TOOK MY CAR TO FIRESTONE, THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED A SERIOUS TUNE UP...WHICH SURPRISED ME BECAUSE I DID ONE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO...I'M NOT SURE WHO TO TRUST AND NOW I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE HARNESS WIRING AND THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SPONTANEOUS FIRES. *JB
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 1997 E320 IN 2003 I TOOK THE CAR IN TO REPORT AN ODD ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER AT NEWPORT BEACH CA TOLD ME THAT CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT DESIGNED TO DRIVE IN HILLS, ALL OF OC IS FULL OF HILLS. THEY DID NOTHING TO REPAIR PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IN ADDITION I REPORTED THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OPENER TO NOT WORK IN TEMP ABOVE 80 DEGREES. I'M NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED. IN 2005 THE SENSOR NOTICE CAME ON TO REPORT ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE MB IN AUSTIN TEXAS. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $400 TO FIX. SINCE WE WERE ON AN EXTREMELY TIGHT BUDGET I ASKED HIM IF IT WENT UN-REPAIRED IF I WAS WORSENING A PROBLEM OR ENDANGERING MY SELF OR MY FAMILY IF I CONTIUED TO DRIVE IT THAT WAY. HE SAID IT WOULD BE OK TO DRIVE. NOW A FEW MONTHS LATER AROUND JANUARY (COLD WEATHER) THE CAR STARTED TO IDLE INTO VIBRATIONS AND A STRONG GAS SCENT FILLS THE CAR. NOT TRUSTING THE MB I TOOK MY CAR TO FIRESTONE, THEY TOLD ME IT NEEDED A SERIOUS TUNE UP...WHICH SURPRISED ME BECAUSE I DID ONE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO...I'M NOT SURE WHO TO TRUST AND NOW I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE HARNESS WIRING AND THE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SPONTANEOUS FIRES. *JB
A SPARK WAS SEEN ON THE LOWER RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE BEFORE CAR ENGINE STARTED ON FIRE WHILE OWNER WAS IN CAR. CAR BURNED COMPLETELY. OWNER ESCAPED.*AK
A SPARK WAS SEEN ON THE LOWER RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE BEFORE CAR ENGINE STARTED ON FIRE WHILE OWNER WAS IN CAR. CAR BURNED COMPLETELY. OWNER ESCAPED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK BATTERY OUT OF VEHICLE TO TAKE IT TO DEALER TO HAVE IT REPLACED. AS PUTTING BATTERY DOWN, IT EXPLODED, INJURING CONSUMER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. TOOK BATTERY OUT OF VEHICLE TO TAKE IT TO DEALER TO HAVE IT REPLACED. AS PUTTING BATTERY DOWN, IT EXPLODED, INJURING CONSUMER. *AK