NHTSA Complaint #11385562 — 2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLB 250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 MERCEDES BENZ GLB 250W. THE CONTACT STATED HE OPENED THE TAILGATE OF THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A STRANGE NOISE WHEN IT WAS SHUT. THE LIFTGATE DID NOT SEEM SHUT PROPERLY.THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER KEYES EUROPEAN MERCEDES-BENZ. 5400 VAN NUYS BLVD, VAN NUYS, CA 91401 (833) 517-5492 AND TOLD THEM OF THE ISSUE . THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OF THE NOISE ISSUE AND PUT OFF THE CONTACT'S REQUEST FOR A LOANER VEHICLE . THEY PROMISED A CALLBACK ON WHETHER THEY COULD PROVIDE A LOANER. THE CONTACT CALLED ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY SAID TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 79 MPH THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND THEN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. THE REAR SPOILER ASSEMBLY FLEW OFF IN PIECES. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO EXAMINE THE DAMAGE THEN CALLED THE DEALER. THEY STATED THAT THEY STILL DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND DENIED THE TOWING SERVICE, THEY INSTRUCTED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS DESTINATION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. THE VEHICLE WAS UNREPAIRED WHILE THE CONTACT SPOKE TO HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.