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An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 1 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.
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
If the beltline trim were to separate from the vehicle while driving, it could become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
If the seatback does not properly lock, in the event of a crash, the seatbacks may fold forward, increasing the risk of injury.
If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and a crash.
If the front seat seatbelt pretensioners do not function properly, the seat occupants may not be adequately restrained in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Two 2017 MERCEDES BENZ C63S AMGs 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.