NHTSA Complaint #10223717 — 2001 MERCEDES BENZ S CLASS

MY NAME IS [XXX] RECALL: PROBLEM: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, CORROSION MAY OCCUR IN THE INNER STEEL PORTIONS OF THE ACTIVE BODY CONTROL'S (ABC) HIGH PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION HOSE DUE TO EXTENSIVE EXPOSURE TO HUMIDITY CAUSING DETERIORATION OF THE HOSE. HERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE ON MY CAR. CONSEQUENCE CREATES BY THAT RECALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN ABC HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKAGE NEAR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. LEAKING FLUID MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH HOT ENGINE COMPONENTS AND LEAD TO A POSSIBLE FIRE. I OWNED A 2001 MERCEDES BENZ S500 WHICH IS PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM EXPLAINED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COMPLAINS. I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THE RECALL AND AS A RESULT MY ABC HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD A LEAKAGE. THEN I WENT TO MY DEALER EURO MOTOR CAR IN GERMANTOWN MARYLAND TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THAT IS WHEN I WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE RECALL THAT I?M DESCRIBING AGAIN BELOW ?ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, CORROSION MAY OCCUR IN THE INNER STEEL PORTIONS OF THE ACTIVE BODY CONTROL'S (ABC) HIGH PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION HOSE DUE TO EXTENSIVE EXPOSURE TO HUMIDITY CAUSING DETERIORATION OF THE HOSE.? THE DEALER CHOSE TO REPLACE THE HOSE AS PART OF THE RECALL AND WANTS TO CHARGE ME $3,300 TO FIX THE LEAKAGE THAT IS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF A FAILURE OF THE (ABC) HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. I DO THINK THAT I SHOULD NOT PAY FOR A FAILURE CREATED BY MERCEDES ENGINEER WHEN I?M PAYING A HIGH PRICE FOR THAT CAR. I BELIEVE THAT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER BECAUSE THAT LEAK CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO BURN. WANT MY CAR TO BE FIXED WITHOUT ANY FEE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR