NHTSA Complaint #11281313 — 2015 MERCEDES BENZ B-CLASS ELECTRIC

THIS MB MODEL HAS AN ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT FAILS AT AROUND 35000 TO 40000 MILES, AND MAKES THE VEHICLE TO STOP SUDDENLY CAUSING SERIOUS RISKS TO THE DRIVER IF THIS HAPPENS IN ANY MAIN HIGHWAY. TWO WEEKS AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND AT THE FAST LANE OF THE PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY , IN MIAMI FL, WHEN THE CAR STOPPED GIVING NO TIME TO AVOID COMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY ONE FDOT RANGER WAS DRIVING SAME WAY AND PROTECT MY WIFE TURNING ON ITS EMERGENCY LIGHTS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE. THIS MODEL OF MB IS ASSEMBLED WITH A TESLA MOTOR THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO FAIL, BUT TESLA HAS TAKEN FAST ACTION TO AVOID INCONVENIENCES TO ITS CUSTOMERS. MB HAS DOING NOTHING TO ADVICE ITS CUSTOMERS ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE, PUTTING ON RISK ON A DAILY BASIS ALL DRIVERS THAT RIDE TIS MB MODEL. I FIGURE IF OTHERS ARE FACING SIMILAR ISSUES, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET A RECALL SET UP IF MB DOES NOT STEP UP TO THE PLATE. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS FOR THESE ISSUES TO SHOW UP NEAR THE END OF MY WARRANTY, AND SINCE THE CARS REMAIN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THROUGH THE 2017 MODELS, WE MAY EXPECT TO SEE OTHERS MODEL YEARS SHOW THE SAME ISSUES AS THE END OF THEIR WARRANTIES COME UP. I HOPE NOT, FOR EVERYONE ELSE BUT BEST BE PREPARED. MY VEHICLE CAN BEEN INSPECTED AT THE MERCEDES BENZ OF MIAMI DEALER WHERE REPAIR ARE UNDERWAY.