Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Mercedes Benz E Class

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
38
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
5
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

38 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL Springs
    14
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    4
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    4
  • Suspension
    2
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
00V388000·AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW2000-11-28

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS IN THE ABSENCE OF A CRASH.

RiskINADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT COULD CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR MOUNTED SIDE AIR BAG MODULES. AT THE SAME TIME, DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT THE CONDITION OF THE SIDE AIR BAG MODULE WIRING WITHIN THE DOORS AND REPLACE THAT WIRING IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE07021·SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS2007-04-19 → 2007-08-09

FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING EJECTION

RQ00013·AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW2000-06-02 → 2001-07-20

INADVERTENT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG DEPLOYMEN

Led to recall00V388000

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