Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2001 Mercedes Benz 203

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 3, 2011165,000 miles00

I) WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO PICK UP OF POWER AT ALL AT THE INTERMIATE.THE MAXIMUM SPEED IS ABOUT 100KM/H, AND IT TOOK AN AGE TO ACCELERATE, MAXIMUM RPM DO NOT MORE THAN 2500RPM. I DROPPED IT FROM D TO 3, AND THE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE(RPM) INCREASED, BUT THE POWER OUTPUT DIDN'T. II) I STOPPED, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR, AND THE ENGINE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE HAVE NO ISSUE TO INCREASE MORE THAN 3000RPM. III) I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, AND IT APPEARED TO BE OK, JUST A BIT LESS POWER THAT I AM USED TO. *TR

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Aug 27, 2002TX

SEAT BELT LATCH INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPLACE IN TWO WEEKS, SAYS PART IS ON "BACK ORDER." PREVIOUSLY HAD DIFFICULTY OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE FOR REPLACEMENT OF TURN SIGNAL WIRING HARNESS, TOOK TWO AND A HALF MONTHS WHILE THEY "ORDERED THE PART."

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20031000Routine
20021000Routine
2001 — this page2000Routine

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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.