Mercedes Benz CLK Class

Owners filed 35 complaints across 5 model years of the Mercedes Benz CLK Class. The 2001 drew the most (14).

Model years5
Complaints35
Recalls4
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Mercedes Benz CLK Class years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes Benz CLK Class model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Mercedes Benz CLK Class model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20063
1——Air BagsRoutine
20047
2—1Air BagsRoutine
200310
111Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/LiftRoutine
200114
0——Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/PanelRoutine
20001
0——Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/PanelRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.