# 2007 MERCEDES BENZ C230 — AIR BAGS
> NHTSA complaint `630548` · 2007-07-15 · Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCEDES BENZ
- **Model:** C230
- **Year:** 2007
- **Manufacturer:** Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Miles at failure:** 2,800
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING MY THREE MONTH OLD 07 MERCEDES BENZ  C230 SPORT SEDAN. I HAD 1 PASSENGER WITH ME AND I  ENTERED THE INTERSECTION IN THE#1 LANE AND  I FELT AN IMPACT TO THE DRIVER DOOR AS THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I STEERED THE  STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT , CAUSING THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TO FISHTAIL IN THE ISLAND. AS I WENT ACROSS THE LANES I STEERED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE FRONT END. MY PASSENGER REAR TIRE HIT THE CURB. AS I EXITED  THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND AND NOTHING IN THE ROADWAY.  THE  CAR HAD NO DAMAGE, JUST SCRATCHES TO THE BODY. BOTH REAR RIMS HAD DAMAGE FROM THE FISHTAIL EFFECT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MERCEDES BENZ  ABOUT  THE AIRBAGS MALFUNCTIONING.  MERCEDES SENT A REPRESENTATIVE, WHO  DETERMINED  ME  THAT I MUST HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, CAUSING  THE  DRIVER'S  SIDE REAR TIRE TO LOCK,  WHICH RESULTED  IN LOSS OF  CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. IT  HIT THE CURB, CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY.  I WENT OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE A LOOK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.  I OBSERVED NO DAMAGE  UNDERNEATH. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE INSIDE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WHICH HAD A LIGHT SCRATCH MARK WHICH  SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DENT.  THEY STATED IT WAS MY PROBLEM, AND THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAG.  I CONTACTED MERCEDES BENZ  COLLISION CENTER ABOUT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.  MECHANIC STATED THE SENSOR FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE  WAS  IN THE DOOR AND SHOULD HAVE GONE  OFF IF SOMETHING HIT THE RIGHT POINT.  I CONTACTED MERCEDES  BENZ CORPORATION ASKING
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