Mercedes Benz Panoramic Roof Problem

Mercedes benz is recalling 744 852 cars in the united states to make sure their panoramic sunroofs don t come off according to filings with the national highway traffic safety administration.

Mercedes benz panoramic roof problem.

The mercedes benz panoramic sunroof lawsuit was filed in the superior. This is not the first time mercedes benz drivers have dealt with defective sunroofs. The lead plaintiff in the case claimed the sunroof in his 2015 gla model suddenly shattered while he was driving spraying the cabin with shards of glass. They say the pano roof was new to the late w211 cars and that this problem is a known problem especially in warm climate regions where the hardware metal expands.

The mercedes benz recall is expected to begin february 14 2020. The lawsuit alleged that it should cost up to 2 000 to replace a panoramic sunroof but the owner was quoted for 9 000 for his replacement. Some quick googling shows that this is a problem on a bunch of different mercedes but the big problem is that you can t manually close a gla s sunroof. Furthermore the owner said that mercedes benz allegedly offered him a 250 to 500 payment as long as he agreed to not sue mercedes benz.

I ll turn up the music for now. Since i posted above about 30 mins ago i was reading on another forum and it was suggested that by pulling out the fuse 9 which is for the panoramic sunroof found near the sat nav holder in the trunk for 2 mins and then place the fuse back in will do a reset. Common problems and fixes. Although mercedes succeeded in getting a few claims dismissed the judge told the plaintiff those claims could be amended.

A forum community dedicated to mercedes. While the panoramic sunroof doesn t come standard you can add it for a mere 2100 to experience the open air during your next ride. In 2018 mercedes and its parent company daimler ag were hit with a class action lawsuit in california over claims that panoramic sunroofs in certain mercedes benz models spontaneously explode shatter or crack. Good thing that metal pin is wider than the rail or else my entire panoramic roof would have flown up and over the car from the wind force.