1996 MERCEDES BENZ C220 — STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 MERCEDES BENZ C220 — STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
Start: 2014-09-01

crash · 1105628 · 2014-09-04

Vehicle

Make: MERCEDES BENZ
Model: C220
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Component: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
Miles at failure: 167,000
Speed: 35 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

UPPER SPRING PERCH RUSTED AWAY FROM CAR CAUSING MY 16YEAR OLD SON TO CRASH. I BOUGHT THE 1996 C220 FOR HIM FOR SAFETY. COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND MERCEDES SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10630565
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown