Daimler employees sabotaged own cars

[Guest Otsego]

http://benzinsider.com/2008/11/daimler-employees-sabotaged-own-cars/

German newspapers, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, are reporting that employees at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen are under investigation for deliberately producing defective cars. Prosecutors are claiming that numerous workers have manipulated vehicles so that external repair workshops, which are not part of the Daimler AG, would get the job to fix them.

The employees were part of the “quality” control department, and received expensive gifts and trips for sabotaging the vehicles. They scratched the cars, loosened clamps and bolts, and even put liquid into brake lines.

The cost to Mercedes-Benz is in the millions. It will be interesting to see what the magnitude of this is and if there are more cases like this.

While we definitely can’t blame all MB defects on the group in Sindelfingen (would be nice if we could) Daimler AG need to do a thorough investigation and come to the bottom of this.

[Guest jameslhm]

this is bad

[Guest Cklasse]

Sindelfingen produces the S-class.

[Guest Otsego]

i heard that they only did this on their OWN car.

Exported ones will not be affected

[Guest redhood]

i heard that they only did this on their OWN car.

Exported ones will not be affected

you mean they all drive S-classes? :tazzie:

[Guest angela]

i heard that they only did this on their OWN car.

Exported ones will not be affected

you mean they all drive S-classes? :tazzie:

work in a factory to built cars can own the most expensive one... i also wan... where to sign up? C&C can?

i think what cklasse means is that Sindelfingen produces the S-class amongst other models... and i think noitalogesto is saying that the employees did it on their own car, so that when its "delievered" they can claim free serving under warranty status etc la... and at the same time the workshop earns some $...

[Guest redhood]

i heard that they only did this on their OWN car.

Exported ones will not be affected

you mean they all drive S-classes? :tazzie:

work in a factory to built cars can own the most expensive one... i also wan... where to sign up? C&C can?

i think what cklasse means is that Sindelfingen produces the S-class amongst other models... and i think noitalogesto is saying that the employees did it on their own car, so that when its "delievered" they can claim free serving under warranty status etc la... and at the same time the workshop earns some $...

oic... :ninja: tks. I was drafting resignation letter liao!

[Guest W140]

Maybe this could explain the lack of quality of Mercedes-Benz vehicles for the past few years.

[Guest Otsego]

Maybe this could explain the lack of quality of Mercedes-Benz vehicles for the past few years.

yea. some "insider" job :ninja: