Consumer Complaint Detail
MERCEDES BENZ / 280 / 1997
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000093009 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: COLORADO SPRINGS | Consumer's State: CO |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| Model Name: 280 | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Child seat |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 21 1999 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The mercedes benz 280 can not have a child car seat tether installed. the tethers are required to be sold with car seats after sept 99, but merceded will not install these. in canada, the tether attachments are factory installed or there is a retrofit kit because cars are not allowed to be driven without these attachments. toyota, gm, and others all install after-market tether kits at no charge. mercedes will not. please help. all cars will be required to have this attachment factor-installed by year 2002. in the meantime, the car seats tell you to install the attachment after market. |