1997 Mercedes-Benz E320 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Mercedes-Benz E320. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING EJECTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE07021 · opened Apr 19, 2007 · closed Aug 9, 2007

  Odi has focused this investigation on assessing the risks posed by a separated spring as (1) a road hazard and (2) the potential for vehicle control to be compromised after the front coil spring has been ejected from its intended position in the vehicle.both risks are associated with corrosion, flexing, and fracture of…