Mercedes Recalls

Mercedes-Benz USA recently announced over 100,000 recalls related to the passenger front airbag inflator issue. The vehicles are equipped with airbag inflators assembled as part of the passenger front airbag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front airbags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling. An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

The recall includes model year 2012 C300 4Matic, C250, C350, , C63 AMG,  E350 E550 Cabrio, E550 Coupe, GLK350 and SLS AMG. Also included are 2009 C300 4Matic, C300, C350 and C63 AMG amd 2008 C300 4Matic, C300, and C350.

Additional recalls include:

-Nearly 48,000 SUVs in the U.S. to fix a sensor problem that could stop the front passenger air bag from inflating in a crash. The recall covers certain GL, GLE and GLS models from the 2016 and 2017 model years. Mercedes says in documents posted by U.S. safety regulators that a sensor in the front passenger seat may be calibrated incorrectly. It can classify passengers as child seats and deactivate the air bag.

-Nearly 1,000 2016-2017 S550 Coupe 4MATICs, S63 AMG Coupe 4MATICs, S65 AMG Coupes and S63 AMG Convertible 4Matics for faulty headlights. The low beam headlights on the affected vehicles may not be adjusted properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. If the low-beam headlights are out of adjustment, the driver's visibility may be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.

Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372 for more information. Contact us today to schedule your recall service work.

Best Premium Automaker is......

                Mercedes-Benz has a goal, and they have been pushing towards that goal by focusing on making stylish high-tech cars loved by their consumers. That goal, to be the world’s largest premium carmaker, and they achieved that goal, four years earlier than they planned.

                The plan that Mercedes employed was a simple one. Give the people what they want. They introduced an elegant, sporty design and established itself as a pioneer in new technologies like autonomous driving.  These points have helped revive the Mercedes brand and take them to the front of the luxury car pack.   

                This feat is an achievement for the Mercedes parent group Daimler, especially after their messy split from Chrysler in 2007. And as close as 4 years ago Mercedes and Daimler faced restless shareholders, who were demanding answers as to why Mercedes had fallen behind other luxury brands like BMW and Audi.

"We had some deficits, cost and quality problems. Design was not top-notch. And with Chrysler we were no longer a pure premium carmaker.”

-Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche

                In 2016, Mercedes-Benz sold 2.08 million passenger cars, and BMW who has held the premium cars sales crown, has yet to release their numbers and they are next expected to overtake Mercedes. Mercedes set their goal of being  the best-selling luxury carmaker by 2020 at the company's 125th anniversary in 2011, a year when even Audi sales overtook those of Mercedes , pushing it into third place.

                 Daimler traditionalists were shocked by the volume target, fearing that selling too many vehicles may dilute the exclusivity of their cars and reduce the appeal of the Mercedes brand in the long run. But consumer electronics companies like Apple had already proven that the pull of their brand did not suffer with increased volume sales so long as they offered the best customer experience. Today, Mercedes -Benz follows its motto "the best or nothing" by thinking about whether customers would notice or benefit from a new technological innovation.

                Take at our inventory and contact us today to see why Mercedes is the best-selling premium automaker in the world now!