2 9 Beijing Beijing NNP 9 10 , , , 11 15 July July NNP 16 18 17 17 CD 19 20 ( ( ( 20 29 XINHUA)– XINHUA)– NNP 30 45 DaimlerChrysler DaimlerChrysler NNP 46 48 AG AG NNP 49 53 said say VBD 54 60 Monday Monday NNP 61 65 that that IN 66 69 the the DT 70 83 international international JJ 84 90 recall recall NN 91 93 of of IN 94 107 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz NNP 108 114 luxury luxury NN 115 119 cars car NNS 120 123 did do VBD 124 127 not not RB 128 134 affect affect VB 135 142 vehicle vehicle NN 143 149 owners owner NNS 150 152 in in IN 153 158 China China NNP 158 159 . . . 166 167 A a DT 168 175 written written JJ 176 185 statement statement NN 186 190 made make VBN 191 193 by by IN 194 197 the the DT 198 205 company company NN 205 207 ’s 's POS 208 213 China China NNP 214 220 branch branch NN 221 229 revealed reveal VBD 230 234 that that IN 235 237 no no DT 238 246 glitches glitch NNS 247 250 had have VBD 251 255 been be VBN 256 261 found find VBN 262 264 in in IN 265 270 China China NNP 271 276 since since IN 277 280 its its PRP$ 281 285 last last JJ 286 292 recall recall NN 293 295 in in IN 296 300 1999 1999 CD 300 301 , , , 302 309 Tuesday Tuesday NNP 309 311 ’s 's POS 312 317 China China NNP 318 323 Daily Daily NNP 324 332 reported report VBD 332 333 . . . 340 343 The the DT 344 357 Germany-based germany-based JJ 358 362 auto auto NN 363 368 giant giant NN 369 377 recalled recall VBD 378 385 150,000 150,000 CD 386 399 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz NNP 400 406 luxury luxury NN 407 411 cars car NNS 412 422 throughout throughout IN 423 429 Europe Europe NNP 430 433 and and CC 434 437 the the DT 438 444 Middle Middle NNP 445 449 East East NNP 450 452 on on IN 453 459 Friday Friday NNP 460 462 to to TO 463 466 fix fix VB 467 468 a a DT 469 475 defect defect NN 476 480 that that WDT 481 486 could could MD 487 492 cause cause VB 493 496 the the DT 497 503 driver driver NN 503 505 ’s 's POS 506 510 side side NN 511 514 air air NN 515 518 bag bag NN 519 521 to to TO 522 528 deploy deploy VB 529 540 prematurely prematurely RB 540 541 , , , 542 545 the the DT 546 555 newspaper newspaper NN 556 560 said say VBD 560 561 . . . 568 571 The the DT 572 578 recall recall NN 579 588 conducted conduct VBN 589 591 in in IN 592 597 China China NNP 598 600 in in IN 601 605 1999 1999 CD 606 609 was be VBD 610 616 purely purely RB 617 618 a a DT 619 632 precautionary precautionary JJ 633 640 measure measure NN 641 644 and and CC 645 647 no no DT 648 655 reports report NNS 656 658 of of IN 659 662 any any DT 663 672 incidents incident NNS 673 675 in in IN 676 681 China China NNP 682 685 had have VBD 686 690 been be VBN 691 699 received receive VBN 700 702 at at IN 703 707 that that DT 708 712 time time NN 712 713 , , , 714 719 China China NNP 720 725 Daily Daily NNP 726 732 quoted quote VBD 733 736 the the DT 737 746 statement statement NN 747 749 as as IN 750 756 saying say VBG 756 757 . . . 764 767 The the DT 768 777 exclusion exclusion NN 778 780 of of IN 781 786 China China NNP 787 791 from from IN 792 795 the the DT 796 802 recall recall NN 803 806 has have VBZ 807 810 led lead VBN 811 813 to to TO 814 820 claims claim NNS 821 825 that that IN 826 829 the the DT 830 834 firm firm NN 835 838 was be VBD 839 845 biased bias VBN 846 853 against against IN 854 861 Chinese chinese JJ 862 871 customers customer NNS 871 872 . . . 873 876 The the DT 877 882 China China NNP 883 892 Consumers Consumer NNPS 893 904 Association Association NNP 905 909 said say VBD 910 916 Monday Monday NNP 917 921 that that IN 922 924 it it PRP 925 928 had have VBD 929 937 received receive VBN 938 942 five five CD 943 953 complaints complaint NNS 954 956 of of IN 957 965 problems problem NNS 966 973 related relate VBN 974 978 with with IN 979 983 Benz Benz NNP 984 988 cars car NNS 989 991 in in IN 992 997 China China NNP 997 998 , , , 999 1008 according accord VBG 1009 1011 to to TO 1012 1017 China China NNP 1018 1023 Daily Daily NNP 1023 1024 . . . 1031 1034 The the DT 1035 1042 problem problem NN 1043 1046 was be VBD 1047 1052 first first RB 1053 1063 discovered discover VBN 1064 1066 in in IN 1067 1072 March March NNP 1073 1077 1996 1996 CD 1078 1080 in in IN 1081 1090 Indonesia Indonesia NNP 1091 1094 and and CC 1095 1098 led lead VBD 1099 1101 to to TO 1102 1103 a a DT 1104 1112 November November NNP 1113 1117 1999 1999 CD 1118 1124 recall recall NN 1125 1127 of of IN 1128 1132 cars car NNS 1133 1135 in in IN 1136 1139 the the DT 1140 1146 United United NNP 1147 1153 States State NNPS 1154 1157 and and CC 1158 1162 Asia Asia NNP 1162 1163 , , , 1164 1169 where where WRB 1170 1173 hot hot JJ 1173 1174 , , , 1175 1180 humid humid JJ 1181 1191 conditions condition NNS 1192 1196 were be VBD 1197 1204 thought think VBN 1205 1207 to to TO 1208 1215 trigger trigger VB 1216 1219 the the DT 1220 1223 air air NN 1224 1228 bags bag NNS 1228 1229 . . .