FaultScore report
Owners have filed 18 complaints about the 1986 Mercedes Benz 300 with NHTSA between 1995 and 2003. The largest single group is the airbags.
18
Complaints
4
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
4
Injuries reported
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
2 crashes, 0 fires
1 crashes, 0 fires
1 crashes, 0 fires
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
ABS FAILURES
SUDDEN ACCELERATION
STATUS:THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.===
SUDDEN ACCELERATION
A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
Canada runs its own recall programme, and its campaigns do not always mirror the American ones.
Seats And Restraints
ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM, AN ELECTRICAL PLUG ON THE AIR BAG MODULE MAY HAVE AN INSUFFICIENT PUSH/PULL FORCE. IF THIS IS THE CASE, THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. CORRECTION: AIR BAG UNIT WILL BE EXCHANGED FOR ONE WITH AN INTEGRAL CONNECTOR.
Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE VEHCLE WAS IN MOTION ,RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLSION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
NHTSA complaint #845510 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #706511 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY.
NHTSA complaint #509259 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELT BOLTS 'FIRED', CAUSING HEARING LOSS.
NHTSA complaint #509259 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CUSTOMER WAS DRIVING AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, PLEASE DESCRIBE .
NHTSA complaint #986575 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED 11 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #490801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS NOTED THAT OTHER 3 TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION. INSPECTION REVEALED TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. *TT *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10001924 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE VEHCLE WAS IN MOTION ,RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLSION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
NHTSA complaint #845510 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #706511 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCK THE DOORS.
NHTSA complaint #513362 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, WITHOUT ANY REASON. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
NHTSA complaint #805937 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG, CAUSING INJURY.
NHTSA complaint #509259 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELT BOLTS 'FIRED', CAUSING HEARING LOSS.
NHTSA complaint #509259 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. PLEASE DESCRIBE.
NHTSA complaint #987215 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CUSTOMER WAS DRIVING AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, PLEASE DESCRIBE .
NHTSA complaint #986575 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED 11 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION. NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #490801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN ACCELERATION/LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.
NHTSA complaint #490801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.
NHTSA complaint #490801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE DRIVER PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT ROLLED BACKWARD VERY FAST THAT THE DRIVER WAS PUSHING HER BRAKES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP.
NHTSA complaint #980837 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVESHAFT FAILURE, CAUSING AIR BAG TO BLOW UP.
NHTSA complaint #979303 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELT LOCKED UP.
NHTSA complaint #979303 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 35 MPH, DRIVESHAFT BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP.
NHTSA complaint #979303 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE BUSHING FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (93V-095), CAUSING INOPERABLE GAS PEDAL. *SKD
NHTSA complaint #481408 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
VEHICLES THROTTLE LINKAGE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 2 TIMES DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATION. TT
NHTSA complaint #965446 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.