# 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ E350 — STRUCTURE:BODY
> NHTSA complaint `1388021` · 2017-06-27 · Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCEDES-BENZ
- **Model:** E350
- **Year:** 2014
- **Manufacturer:** Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY
## Narrative
THIS VEHICLE IS. A 2014 MERCEDES BENZ E350 CABRIOLET  ON THIS VECHILE THERE IS A LATCH ON FRONT SEATS THAT IF PULLED FORWARD WILL MAKE WAY TO ENTER REAR SEATS BEING THAT IDLY IS A TWO DOOR CAR THIS IS THE SAME LAY OUT FOR ACCESSING BACK SEATS FOR THE COUPE MODEL THE LATCH THAT MUST BE PULLED IS SOME KIND OF PLASTIC COVERED IN SOME KIND  OF METAL.  DECORATIVE MATERIAL  THIS METAL HAS PEELED OF WITH NO CAUSE HE EDGES OF THIS METAL THAT IS DEFECTIVE ON THESE CARS IS EXTREMELY SHARP WE HAVE SEVERELY CUT ARE HANDS WITH OUT REALIZING THESE DEFECT WAS THERE I WAS INFORMED THAT OTHER CARS ALSO HAVE THESE PROBLEM IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK BECAUSE IT  IS A PART OF THE VEHICLE YOU MUST  PHYSICALLY  GRAB WITH YOUR HANDS TO HAVE BACK SEAT ACCESS THIS PATCH IS VERY DANGEROUSE PLEASE BE CARFULL IT CAN APPEAR OUT OF NO WHERE LIKE IT HAPPENED TO US EVERY THING WAS OK THEN THE METAL COATING JUST BECAME DEFECTIVE AND PEELING OF ON ITS OWN  PS I HAVE BEEN TOLD FROM SERVICE ADVISORS THEY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED  THE BROWN STUFF ON THE LATCH IS BANDAIDS WE PLACED THERE SO OUR CHILDREN DON'T GET INJURED FROM THE METAL
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