Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 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.

2
Open recalls
19
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

19 filed
2
Crashes
2
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Electrical System
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD Assembly
    1
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT Velocity Joint
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V175000·VISIBILITY1996-09-19

IF ONE OF THE HEADLAMP WIPER ARMS BECOMES MISALIGNED, THE WIPER BALDE CAN LODGE IN THE GROOVE UNDER THE HEADLAMP. IF THE WASHERS ARE ACTIVATED WITH THE WIPER BLADE IN THE MISALIGNED AND LODGED POSITION, THE WASHER PUMP WILL RUN CONTINUOUSLY EXPELLING ALL AVAILABLE FLUID.

RiskPUMP OPERATION IN THE ABSENCE OF FLUID CAN CAUSE THE PUMP TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HEADLAMP WASHER PUMP ON THESE VEHICLES.

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.

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