NHTSA Complaint #11099885 — 2011 MERCEDES-BENZ R350

TAKATA RECALL REMEDY REMAINS UNAVAILABLE. LETTERS FROM MERCEDES BENZ CLAIMED THAT THE REMEDY WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN JUNE 2018. WELL, THEY FIRST SAID MARCH 2018, THEN SAID THAT WAS AN ERROR. THINKING IS HARD. IT IS JUNE 2018, AND NO REMEDY. MERCEDES CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AND EARN MONEY ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES EACH MONTH. THEY COULD NOT BE INCONVENIENCED TO PRODUCE PARTS FOR THEIR OLD BUCKETS OF JUNK THAT MAY SAVE CUSTOMERS' LIVES. THIS IS MERCEDES AFTER ALL. A COLD ACTUARIAL CALCULATION OF DELAYING THIS RECALL SO THAT SOME OF THE CARS ARE SALVAGED VERSUS ANY LAWSUITS RESULTING FROM INJURED CUSTOMERS. MERCEDES, I HOPE THAT YOUR ABYSMAL APPROACH TO MAKING AND STANDING BEHIND VEHICLES IS EXPOSED. WE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER OF THIS MAKE. NHTSA, YOU CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE LOWEST PERFORMING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO CAPITULATE TO AUTOMAKERS' EVERY WHIM AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICAN LIVES? I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD, OR AT LEAST THAT YOU FEEL SOMETHING.