1990 Mercedes Benz 300 Series

Routine

Owners filed 2 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
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood
Filed Jan 11, 2004105,800 milesOH

INTERMITTENT WIRING PROBLEMS CAUSE STALLING AND THE LOSS OF FUNCTIONS.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Aug 27, 1998FL

SINGLE ARM WIPER MOTOR FAILURE AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. FUEL PUMPS, MOTOR, POWER ASSISTED BRAKES AND STEERING FAILS AT 70 MILES PER HOUR.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
199512000Routine
199321010Routine
199213020Routine
19914000Routine
1990 — 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.