Izithandani eVancouver zidluliselwe enkantolo, zisola abathengi lapho iMercedes-Benz Class yazo entsha yayiyingozi empilweni.
Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, iDolong Young and GuifAse yathenga i-Mercedes-Benz Class entsha yamadola ayi-160,000. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, isondo lokuqondisa lagxuma kaningana ngaphambi kokuba imoto yayiwunyaka. E-S950 entsha, lo mbhangqwana washayela cishe amakhilomitha angama-6 500 kukho ngaphambi kokuba kuqhamuke inkinga. Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2018, iSedan imele indawo yokupaka.
Ngaphansi konyaka ngemuva kokuthengwa kwesondo lokuqondisa ugwazwe ngenkathi beshayela, kepha umthengisi weMercedes-Benz Richmond kuthiwa washo ukuthi imoto ayitholanga ukuphambuka kwezobuchwepheshe. Imibhalo yokwahlulela, ngokuphambene nalokho, phikisana nokuthi umthengisi akazange alungise imoto kahle.
Yize imoto ingenziwanga ukuthi yikuphi ukubuyekezwa eCanada, iMercedes yahoxisa inani lezimoto e-United States ngenxa yezinkinga zokuqondisa, kufaka phakathi amamodeli we-S-Class, akhiwe ngaleso sikhathi ngonyaka ka-2015 kuya ku-2019. Encazelweni yokuchithwa, i-transistor yashiwo ngohlelo lokuqondisa kanye namathuba akhona okushisa ngokweqile, okuzoholela ekulahlekelweni kwesondo le-hydraulic steering wheel. Umbiko uthe uMercedes-Benz USA kufanele azise abanikazi, ahlole izingxenye zokuqondisa futhi "zibuyise, uma kunesidingo, mahhala."
Kodwa-ke, uJan uthe ihhovisi leMercedes laseMercedes eRichmond lanikeza umbhangqwana noma qhubeka nokushayela imoto noma ukuthengise. Kepha uJan wathi ngeke axoshe le sedan, ngoba besaba ukuthi ukuqondisa kungenzeka futhi, kodwa futhi ubona sengathi ngeke akwazi ukuthengisa inkinga efanayo.
Ngemuva kwalokho wanquma ukuxhumana nendlunkulu yaseMernedes eJalimane, lapho atshelwa khona ukuthi imoto kufanele ihoxiswe futhi ilungiswe.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2019, lo mbhangqwana wafaka icala eNkantolo eNkulu yaseBrithani Columbia ngeMercedes-Benz Canada ngomonakalo, kubandakanya nokulahleka kwekhono lokusebenzisa imoto. Icala lingakadluliselwa enkantolo, kodwa uJan wathi kubalulekile kuye ukuthi le nkinga yaqinisekiswa futhi yaqedwa hhayi kuphela ukuphepha komndeni wakhe, kodwa futhi nokuphepha kwabanye abanikazi.