Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2004 Mercedes Benz E320

Two problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 2004 Mercedes Benz E320. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2014

Driving on the freeway, 61 mph, start raining hard, pouring, car slipped, turned and hit the wall on the side of the freeway heads on straight. Got hit by another car on the side, after couple of turns, it stopped on the middle of the freeway. Couple of side air bags deployed, the most important ones, the front air bags, driver and passenger side did not deployed.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/24/2010

The contact owns a 2004 Mercedes Benz E320. While driving 5 mph the contact noticed that the srs light illuminated on instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the rear passenger side air bag needed to be replaced due to a bad wire connection. There were no prior warnings. The failure mileage was 56,000 and the current mileage was 57,000.


Other Air Bag related problems of the 2004 Mercedes Benz E320



E320 Service Bulletins
E320 Defect Investigations