COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
6 safety recall campaigns, 10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
If the headlight's horizontal aim is altered, a misaimed headlight may lead to an insufficiently illuminated roadway, which may increase the risk of a crash.
An insufficiently illuminated roadway may increase the risk of a crash.
The improperly welded pins may lose contact, deactivating the power steering assist and increasing the risk of a crash.
If the starting current limiter overheats, the surrounding components can melt, increasing the risk of a fire.
If the passenger front air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of a injury.
Two 2017 MERCEDES BENZ AMG E43s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.