Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1996 Mercedes Benz 220

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › delivery › fuel pump. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump1
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
000
Electrical System › Wiring1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 2, 2013173,000 milesMA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCEDES BENZ C220. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, HE ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPTED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Sep 21, 2006190,000 milesFL

MY 1996 MERCEDES C220 HAS 190,000 MILES ON IT. THE WIRING HARNESS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED AND I WAS TOLD BY MY REPAIR SHOP THAT THE FAULTY WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT THE COMPUTER. I CALLED MERCEDES CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SENT A LETTER TO PAUL HALATA. THEY WERE VERY SORRY, BUT THE CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE CAR IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE - NOT RUNNING. *NM

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Sep 19, 1997CA

POWER WINDOW SWITCH FAILED.

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Apr 21, 1997CA

AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Apr 10, 1997CA

FUEL PUMP FAILED TWICE.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
20002000Routine
1996 — this page5000Routine
199514030Routine
19945000Routine

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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.