I find the design flaw which causes the perch failure to be excusable...after all, these cars are now up to 9 years old and it is hard to foresee every possible failure mode in every component.

What I find absolutely INEXCUSABLE is the foot dragging on performing a recall on what must be a priority-one safety related failure. Mark my words, MB will HAVE TO RECALL THESE EVENTUALLY when enough people who experience failures complain to NHTSA, so, why not just do it now and get it over with?

I'll tell you why...they know every month they put it off another few hundred cars will hit the crushers or junkyards for one reason or another and then there will be that many fewer left for them to foot the repair bills to fix. But how many people will be injured or killed until they are forced to own up to this???

Also, to say they will only pay for repairs for the original owners is ludicrous - how can there be any moral distinction between an "original" owner and "current" owner when it comes to a safety issue. I can see it if you are talking about cosmetics or convenience issues like dashboard cracks or window regulators (both of which they deny knowing of systematic failures) but when the passenger's lives are at stake how can they say they will only cover "original owners".

__________________
Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz