Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I HAVE A AUTO DIMMING REARVIEW MIRROR ON MY 2003 SLK 230 THAT HAS BECOME BLURRY TO LOOK INTO DUE TO A LEAKAGE OF A CHEMICAL AGENT INSIDE THE MIRROR. THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIRRORS SEEM TO BE DEFECTIVE AS THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED CASES ON THIS PROBLEM ONLINE BY OTHER MERCEDES OWNERS. *TR
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.