Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 Mercedes Benz 190

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

5 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    1
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL Gauge System
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND Circuit Breakers
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
91V137000·PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL1991-08-20

THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING BRAKE GRIP MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DISTORT THE GRIP AND PINCH THE BRAKE RELEASE KNOB. IF THE RELEASE KNOB STICKS IN A PARTIAL ENGAGE/RELEASE POSITION BECAUSE OF THE PINCHED GRIP, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE LEVER TO RELEASE UNINTENTIONALLY WITH A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN PARKING BRAKE FORCE.

RiskIF THE VEHICLE IS NOT PROPERLY PARKED WITH THETRANSMISSION IN THE CORRECT POSITION, AND IF THE VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A GRADE,REDUCTION IN PARKING BRAKE FORCE COULD LEAD TO UNINTENTIONAL ROLLAWAY AND ANACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE THE PARKING BRAKE GRIP WITH A NEW GRIP TYPE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA88034·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-07-15 → 1990-07-31

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

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