What happens when you ignore that "little" driveline vibration!

[pmally]

My lesson was learned at 85MPH on i80 Sacramento CA it was a nice sunny day about 3 PM, I was driving along in my 87 300E when all of a sudden the #$&(^@# AIRBAGS DEPLOY IN MY FACE!! It took me about 5 seconds to comprehend what had just occurred I was extremely confused my hands, eyes, and head felt burned to make matters worse the car was filled with smoke I could not see anything. I was able to roll down the window grab the steering wheel and get to the side of the highway.

I was lucky! all the other drivers around me had seen what happened an were able to get out of the way had this happened in the hills where I live I would have most likely been in a bad car crash.

My question is
Dear,
Mercedes Benz Inc.
WHO THE HELL PUT THE AIRBAG SENSOR NEXT TO THE DRIVE LINE!
AND which other models have this defect must I fear death if my flex-disc fails?

I now own a 96 C220 I am still very afraid of these flex discs.

[alabbasi]

Originally Posted by pmally

My question is
..... which other models have this defect must I fear death if my flex-disc fails?

Simlar thing happened in my 560SEL, thing thing to think about is the consequences if you're belting down the road and your drive shift hits the ground.

[mercmad6.3]

OK, you get several weeks of advance notice when a flex disc ias on the way out. That judder under aceleration tells you something is wrong. You may not know what it is, but a visit to a garage is usually in order. If you take note of the little things that do not seem right,you avoid things like this.

[rs899]

Yeah, most of us enlightened folks who drive our own cars would notice something. I could see my wife running into something like in post 20. Three days later she would say" I forgot to tell you there was this noise". I replaced all this stuff before I turned the 380SL over to her.

[meltedpanda]

I doubt this did not give warning , it had to have had a vibration or noise that would have been noticible

[whunter]

for new owners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_D8h6QK25k

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[fonzi]

I did that to a 1970 250c because I tried to disconnect the drive shaft before dragging it on a dolly. I couldn't get the rear disconnected. So I disconnected the front. It wouldn't slide out all the way. So I finally said "screw it" when the drive shaft was spinning freely of the trans. Good enough. Right? Oh the noise when I ran down the on ramp. Oh the noise coming from that car on the dolly. The noise stopped by the time I was about 1/4 mile down the highway. The three bolt holes of the yoke of the drive shaft had ripped all the sheet metal apart, Worse that in the picture in post 1. It cost me $200 on the sale price of the car. The guy who bought it still nearly doubled his money.