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    <title>Mercedes-Benz E400 Hybrid - NHTSA record changes</title>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>MY CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR GARAGE WHICH IS LEVEL.  MY SON AND I GOT INTO THE CAR, AND I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO LEAVE.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR.  WITH THE CAR STILL PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND WITH THE ENGINE OFF, MY SON AND I EXITED THE CAR, AND I WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE TO GET THE KEYS TO ANOTHER CAR.  ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER WHEN MY SON AND I WERE IN THE OT</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST PRESENTS FALSE POSITIVES (DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS AND BEEPS) WHEN PASSING CARS IN ADJACENT LANE ON LEFT. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. AT NO TIME HAS IT PROVED HELPFUL AND IS IN FACT DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS. DEALER TESTED SYSTEM AND FOUND IT TO BE WITH SPECS. IT CAN BE DISABLED BUT WILL BE REACTIVATED EVERY TIME THE CAR IS START</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ E400 HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO COME TO A STOP. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BRAKE SENSOR</description>
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