# 2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 300 — AIR BAGS
> **FATAL** · NHTSA complaint `2255937` · 2026-10-12 · Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 1
- **Injured:** 4
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCEDES-BENZ
- **Model:** GLC 300
- **Year:** 2022
- **Manufacturer:** Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
- **Component:** AIR BAGS
- **Speed:** 60 mph
## Narrative
I am reporting a potentially serious vehicle safety issue involving a 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLC after a fatal crash. I was seated in the left rear seat. One occupant died and multiple people were injured. According to the Florida Highway Patrol crash report, the left curtain air bag was listed as “Equipped; Not Deployed,” while the right curtain air bag was listed as “Equipped; Operative; Deployed.” I suffered serious injuries while seated on the same side where the curtain air bag did not deploy. Before the crash, I remember hearing an unusual metallic rattling/clanking noise from the vehicle. I do not know what caused the noise or whether it contributed to the crash, but it occurred before impact. A family member later reported this pre-crash noise to the vehicle’s insurer. Law enforcement indicated that the vehicle’s event data recorder (EDR/“black box”) would be downloaded, but the crash report later stated “EDR Downloaded: No.” To my knowledge, the EDR data was never retrieved or preserved. The insurer later sold the vehicle as salvage before I was able to arrange an independent defect inspection, so the vehicle is no longer available to me for examination. I am not claiming that a defect has been proven. I am asking NHTSA to review whether the documented left-curtain nondeployment, in a crash severe enough to cause a fatality and multiple injuries while the opposite curtain air bag deployed, warrants investigation of the air bag/restraint system or another vehicle componen
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*