1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 Air bags Problems

“When turning on the car, notice srs (seat belt restraint system) light on, upon moving forward in slow speed, a loud pop followed by the tightening of the seat beat and then burning smell of smoke filled the cabin. This I assume is how the system should work during an accident but this happened while I was driving and if I had been driving on the freeway or public highways, I could have easily crashed due to the incident.”

“On november 19th, 2014, while stopped on habana at mlk, jr. Blvd. In tampa, florida, without any warning whatsoever, a very loud explosion occurred inside my car and there was instant pressure on my chest. From the noise and the pressure, I thought I'd been shot, but then realized neither I nor the car was struck by anything! I looked at the drivers on either side of me (nobody behind me) to see if they had heard or seen anything, but nobody was looking my way, so it was obvious they had not heard or smelled anything (burning odor emanating from somewhere in the car). …”

“Upon making a right turn vehicle lost brake power. When this occurred consumer swerved to avoid hitting pedestrians, and crashed into a garage. Upon impact, bags failed to deploy.”

“The contact owns a 1997 mercedes benz E320. The contact was driving 40 MPH when the seat belt began to retract and lock accompanied by an abnormal noise. The air bag warning light also illuminated. The dealer was notified of the failure who advised the contact that there were no recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.”

“1997 mercedes benz e-320. Consumer writes in regards to airbags malfunction. Consumer stated that passenger side airbag deployed defectively for no reason while driving at a speed of 5mph. Consumer stated that contents from the airbag inflator did not go into airbag but instead hit himself and a passenger in the torso area.”