I cannot believe that there is not or will not be a recall on the "suspension" issue. i too had the fate of my car collapsing on my way home from work-which is 35 miles away-it happened. on the dash it stated in bid bold letters "airmatic car too low". i pulled over and stepped out-my heart felt like it was going to come through my chest. everyone in that situation understands just how i felt at that time. the front of the car was completely covering half of the front tires-if i turned the wheel it would have scraped the fenders. i left the car there overnite. the next day {sunday} my partner's brother -who is a mechanic-went to retrieve my car not being familiarized with the mercedes brand he started the car and pushed every button on the dash-he called me telling me the car was fine it was "fine". he drove my car to my home-much to my puzzlement. the car looked normal. the next day on monday i started the car and on the dash in big red letters airmatic . though the car looked fine i saw on closer inspection that one side in front was sagging lower, to sum this up-got the car to the dealer and was told the " air was leaking out of the bags in the front suspension".that cost $1,000 to repair-i think its cheaper to pay that than the alternative. as i write i am furious yes- i have another appointment this coming monday for my srs system. this is the second time. this time it has to do with the front passenger seat and the etr-they state there is a fault. i have to pay $540.00 to have a safe car? this is the second time the srs light has come on-sounds kind of like the first time it happened too-only that was covered under warranty. i have 74,000 miles on this car. whats going to happen next? mercedes submitted a video showing an s class with a collapsed suspension showing that it was fit to be on the road along with other cars-people what are you thinking?this is supposed to be one of the safest cars on the road! that's why we bought it .and about the srs light? *tr
The air bags are deploying. so far no injuries. the air bags have deployed on two service techs. and one tow truck driver. deployment is do to a defect. the car is an slk 320. *ak