Apart from the sale of the car, the issue of car air conditioner problems because of denial of the use of certain types of cooling by Daimler, amid uproar in Europe. France steps away from the car for Daimler threatened output followed by other countries in Europe.
Quoted from automotive news, due to car air conditioner problems, Daimler cars in France said that the ban would achieve Mercy 2 percent sales worldwide.
Car manufacturer Daimler which owns the brand Mercedes-Benz adamant to keep using R134a refrigerant cooler than R1234yf more environmentally friendly.
Testing shows that the European Union chemicals in R1234yf, used for cars safer and more environmentally friendly than R134a.
As a result, the cooling produced R1234yf Honeywell and Dupont used as the standard in Europe.
But Daimler refused to use it and choosing older models namely R134a refrigerant. Daimler in independent testing found that cooling could be a trigger fires in a car accident a few scenarios.
However this has been denied by Honeywell International Inc. that manufactures cooling R1234yf.
"The tests were conducted Daimler is a static test and does not reflect a real accident," said Honeywell Government Relations Manager Tim Vink told Handelsblatt Germany as reported by Reuters.
France had previously been refused registration process Mercy cars that still uses R134a refrigerant such as A-Class, B-Class and SL.
In a follow-up meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles concluded EU, all countries in the European Union must comply with the rules. They asked that the vehicle has been sold with R134a should be withdrawn.
But this is not final, Germany and France will meet again to find a solution.
