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    <title>Mercedes-Benz W163 - NHTSA record changes</title>
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    <description>New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercedes-Benz W163.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE FUEL PUMP IS LEAKING FUEL ON TO THE GROUND WHEN CAR IS RUNNING I WAS READING SOME FORUMS AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND MERCEDES ISN'T HAVING THE PROBLEM FIXED AS IT IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO HAVE ANY FUTURE FUEL LEAKS DUE TO AGE I HAVE A 1990 MERCEDES R129 THAT HAS MORE MILES AND OLDER AND NEVER HAD A FUEL LEAK WHAT SO EVER... SO IM POINTING THE FINGER AT MERCEDES DUE T</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE OTHERS WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL AND YES IT IS VERY TRUE THAT THIS CAR LOCKS UP THE BRAKES ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE OR REASON WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON A CLEAR DRY DAY!  MERCEDES WILL NOT AGREE WITH ANYTHING UNTIL SOMEONE DIES AND THEY ARE BROUGHT TO COURT.  I HAD TO REMOVE MY YAW RATE SENSOR FROM THE CAR TO SHUT THE SYSTEM OFF SO THAT MY WIF</description>
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