1992 Mercedes Benz 190

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
100
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires
Filed Jan 13, 2003SC

NAR 1/29/2003. THE CONSUMERS WIFE NOTICED DEEP CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL OF TIRES NEAR THE TREAD. THE TIRE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE CRACKS WERE DUE TO VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN AGAINST CURBS AND NOT BECAUSE OF A DEFECT. *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineCrash
Filed Oct 27, 2001MD

BLOWN HEAD GASKET 1999 DEALER OFFERED NO EXPLANATION AS TO CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
Filed Jun 10, 1996FL

BATTERY EXPLODED.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19995000Routine
19971000Routine
19953000Routine
19937010Routine
1992 — this page3000Routine
19916030Routine
19904000Routine

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Reading this record

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.