Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Mercedes Benz 300

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
29
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

29 filed
2
Crashes
3
Fires
6
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR Bags
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Tires
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
93V095000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1993-05-27

DUE TO HEAT EFFECTS, THE THROTTLE BUSHING LOCATED ON THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE, CAN FATIGUE AND BREAK, CAUSING THE THROTTLE LINKAGE TO SEPARATE.

RiskIF THE THROTTLE LINKAGE SEPARATES, THE ENGINE WILL RETURNTO IDLE SPEED, AND REMAIN AT IDLE, WITH NO ACCELERATION ABILITY. LOSS OF ENGINESPEED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ANACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE THE THROTTLE BUSHING WITH A NEW BUSHING MADE FROM MORE HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE88032·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-03-10 → 1988-05-02

ABS FAILURES

EA88003·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1987-10-29 → 1990-07-31

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

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