NHTSA complaint: 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ C250 — AIR BAGS
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2020-01-24
description: TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 MERCEDES BENZ C-250. NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED VEHICLE DESTROYED THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE MEDICATION SHE WAS TAKEN. PER THE POLICE REPORT SHE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH WHEN SHE COLLIDED HEAD-ON INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE POLICE WAS PRESENT AND A REPORT WAS ISSUED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR HEAD AND SHOULDER INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MERCEDES BENZ OF ARROWHEAD (9260 W BELL RD, PEORIA, AZ 85382), THEN TO THE BODY SHOP WHERE IT WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND ADVISED THAT SOMETIMES THE AIR BAGS DO NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V043000 (AIR BAGS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
organizer: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 1647467

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