1998 Mercedes Benz Babysmart

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat › shield assembly. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Child Seat › Shield Assembly	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Child Seat99C024000

Filed Aug 3, 19996,326 vehiclesMercedes-Benz Usa, Inc.

Defect. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: BABYSMART INFANT RESTRAINTS AND BOOSTER SEATS. IF THE INFANT RESTRAINT OR BOOSTER SEAT IS INCORRECTLY POSITIONED OR MOVES SEVERAL INCHES OR MORE FORWARD OF THE SEAT BACK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF MERCEDES-BENZ BABYSMART EQUIPPED VEHICLES, IT MAY NOT AUTOMATICALLY DEACTIVATE THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG.

Risk. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, A CHILD COULD BE INJURED BY THE AIR BAG.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE INFANT RESTRAINTS AND BOOSTER SEATS.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Child Seat › Shield Assembly

Filed Jul 28, 2009NC

2003 C240 MERCEDES BENZ HAS A DEFAULT CAUSING MY AIRBAG AND CARHORN NOT TO WORK WAS TOLD THAT CLOCKSPRING PART IS NO GOOD WHICH THEIR CARS ARE KNOWN TO GO BAD I'M CURRENTLY DRIVING A CAR THAT IS NOT SAFE HAVE NO AIRBAG TO PROTECT ME IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT I FEEL THAT MERCEDES SHOULD REPLACE THE PROB. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
1999	0	1	Routine
1998 — this page	1	1	Routine
1997	0	1	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Aug 3, 1999. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.