Front Suspension Coil Spring Problems of Mercedes Benz C280

I suffered a catastrophic loss of control while driving on a road. The car yawed wildly before I was able to stop without injury. Further inspection showed the front left coil spring perch had separated from the body, allowing the spring to leave its mount and lose tension. Had I been at highway speed, would have been an extremely serious situation.

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Suspension dropped at highway speed. Bearing broke off could only go straight as wheels could not turn left or right. Coil spring perch broke. . Wheel hitting wheel well. Left side of car front dropped towards ground. Someone will be killed or already probably have been. Mercedes benz knows of this problem and they wont correct the problem of there rusty cars. . These models go from years before 1990 and past 2010 and later with all models they've produced. . Check it out before you have a problem like gm has with ignition switch. . Let Mercedes Benz pay in whole for all these repairs of this safety hazzard and also not put it on customers shoulders to correct and pay for a dangerous safety condition.

While traveling on the interstate at 70 mph, the spring perch supporting the left, front coil spring broke. Instantly, the left front suspension totally collapsed leaving the left front wheel without any suspension or wheel clearance inside the fender. This in turn caused the left front bumper to nearly drag on the pavement. I understand this is a design defect in mercedes automobiles that use this same or similar spring perch. This type of part is one that should never fail unless due to an accident. Fortunately, the driver in this case kept her calm and safely guided the vehicle off the interstate. As a result of this incident, I had my 1997 mercedes e420 inspected and it was discovered that one of the spring perches on that car was about to collapse as well. All mercedes using a similar spring perch should be inspected immediately before someone is killed. This is an extremely dangerous situation.

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The following is a letter sent to mercedes whidh describes the issue. Dear mercedes: I recently had an almost tragic incident in my mercedes. I was with my daughter who was driving my car, under her learners permit, along the highway on a clear, smooth, and dry pavement at 55 mph, the speed limit. The right front spring fell off the car. I am sure you can imagine the noise as the spring rumbled under our car. It scarred her, though she was able to maintain control of the vehicle. Obviously, without the spring in place, the control of the car was seriously jeopardized. Once she found a safe place to pull over, a motorcyclist pulled up along side to let me know what had happened. To that point, I had no idea. Fortunately, the spring barely missed the cyclist as it bounced erratically down the road, or he could have been seriously injured. In speaking with my mercedes mechanic, as well as the dealers collision repair shop, I have learned that they have seen at least 15-20 such spring failures due to the flawed spring socket design. I do not believe mercedes would want to risk their reputation by continuing to have their vehicles on the road with such a dangerous design flaw. While I have appreciated the efforts, and friendly service, provided by judy sutton of r&h motorcars, ltd. In arranging the towing of my car and for mercedes to cover half the cost of the right front spring replacement, I feel mercedes should be taking a more proactive stance on the mechanical problem. Therefore, I am asking mercedes to cover the full cost of the repair to both the right and the left spring sockets, and to recall the vehicles with this problem so their vehicles are not on the road presenting a hazard to themselves and to others. Regards, samuel j. Wornom, iii NHTSA.

Driver side upper spring carrier failed allowing the spring to become jambed in the steering. Due to failure occurring at low speed (under 20 mph) loss if steering control caused only minor damage by coming in contact with a curb. A failure of this type at highway speed would be catastrophic.

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