Air Bag Problems of Mercedes Benz E500

My father and mother were driving back home on the evening of 1/29/25 when all of a sudden they heard a loud pop/explosion and their seat belts tightened. They were traveling at a speed of approximately 35 mph on local roads. There was no accident, collision, or warning signs, but the driver's side airbags, left side of the car, deployed. The message on the odometer said srs restraint system malfunction. The car is a 2006 mercedes E500 with 58,900 miles having one owner and all maintenance performed on time. This is a high safety concern as it could have caused a severe accident and if the front airbags had deployed erroneously, this could have injured my elderly parents. I put a call into mercedes corporate on 1/31/25 at 9:30 am but so far they do not appear to be taking this issue seriously. When my father contacted his local mercedes dealer, they too do not want too deal with the issue.

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Had a minor accident no airbags deployed sitting in car I don’t know a month later something around that sitting in car key not in the ignition sitting in the driver seat when all of a sudden a big bang happened and blue out both side airbag by the sunroof sunroof. Was very loud and knocked my head sideways. Nothing had touch the car car hadn’t been hit car was sitting in the driveway with no ignition running no key in the ignition.

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Per incident was back glass detached from window and broke all over the road and on the back of my car while driving. 2: sbcc pump goes in and out admittedly and type of a no brake issue at all hard as a rock will not move car only has 180,000 miles on it and it’s been doing that since 140,000 miles which did cause me to get in a minor accident on the right side of the car the passenger side where now I’ve had to replace a fender and still have problems because of it.

The contact owns a 2003 mercedes-benz E500. The contact stated while driving 75 mph, the air bags on the driver’s side of the vehicle inadvertently deployed without warning. After the air bags deployed, a message showing an air bag malfunction was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact received medical attention for ringing in his ear from the air bag deployment. The vehicle was not diagnosed because the dealer informed the contact that he had to pay for the diagnostic test. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 65,000.

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Tl the contact owns a 2006 mercedes-benz E500. While driving approximately 45 mph, the front driver's side tire struck an object and caused four air bags to deploy. The tire was destroyed on impact, but the vehicle was not damaged at all. There were no injuries. The contact called mercedes-benz of coconut creek at 954-406-1167 (located at 4250 n. State road 7, coconut creek, FL 33073) where the contact was provided with the manufacturer's number and was advised to call the manufacturer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the same dealer where a diagnostic test was performed. The technician diagnosed the vehicle and informed the manufacturer that the vehicle struck an object, which caused the air bags to deploy. The manufacturer informed the contact about the dealer's diagnosis and stated that the repairs would be at the contact's expense. The contact sent pictures of the tire, air bags, and vehicle to the manufacturer; however, that did not change the manufacturer's decision. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000. Consumer stated complaint number 11268700 concerning to thousand and six mercedes e 500 after the airbag exploded inside the car this litter from mercedes USA responding to my complain to them what they saying the car impacted something before the airbag exploded.

Takata recall.

The manufacturer did not notify me of the recall as a registered owner and the recall expired and they will not cover it.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Mercedes Benz E500. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the brake pedal was applied and it did not respond. The contact applied extreme force to the brake pedal, the vehicle spun around and crashed into a tree. The contact sustained whiplash and pains to the wrists due to the force from the impact. The contact did not receive further medical attention. The head restraint airbags deployed on the drivers side and the front passenger side only. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed back to the contacts residence and the vehicle was not diagnosed yet to determine how the failure happened. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available. Dyd.

Srs light indicates malfunction. Light comes and goes and appears to be random.

The contact owns a 2003 Mercedes Benz E500. The contact was driving 40 mph when the driver's side front and rear air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,600 and the current mileage was 90,683. Updated 05/09/12 the consumer stated her daughter was injured when the air bags deployed for no reason. Updated 06/01/12.

I had an accident today the 20th of September where another car crashed into me caused considerable amount of damage to the front. The other car was going at least 40-50 mph. The other car was not as damaged as mine and no injuries resulted yet. I am very concerned that the airbag system did not engage.