Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / E500 / 2004

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007122320 Incident Date: Oct, 06 2007
Consumer's City: ATLANTA Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: E500 Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:springs:air suspension system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 09 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Drove car fine all day on saturday. sunday am, put son and wife in car, started out drive way and car gave notice that car was too low. walked around exterior of car and found that right front suspension mechanism had let air out itself and tire was well inside the wheel well. apparently, this is a well known issue. dtb (daimler technical bulletin) p-b-32.22/15a feb07 vehicle level decreases at front axle. in extreme cases the airmatic compressor will not activate to raise the vehicle. it is not defective. the compressor is not actuated due to insufficient residual pressure in the suspension struts. any affected struts will be replaced and the compressor will be actuated with star diagnosis. *tr