2001 Mercedes Benz CLK

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, electric. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes, Electric	1		0	0	0
Power Train	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train

Filed Jun 27, 2013230,000 milesOH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCEDES BENZ CLK 430. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD OR FOURTH GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND PROGRESSED TO A PERMANENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000. RETURNED BY USPS ON 8/9/2013. 2ND ATTEMPT FAILED ON 8/9/2013. *KB

Service Brakes, Electric

Filed Jul 8, 2010126,768 milesTX

AFTER THE 2001 CLK 430 DISPLAYED SEVERAL TIMES THE ABS ALERT AND ESC ALERT THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND COMPLETELY STOP. WE HAVE HAD THE COMPLETE BRAKE AND TIRE SYSTEM REPLACE FROM CALIPERS TO RIMS. WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD THE PROBLEM IS THE YAW RATE SENSOR WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2008	4	1	Routine
2007	3	1	Routine
2006	1	0	Routine
2005	1	0	Routine
2003	2	0	Routine
2002	2	0	Routine
2001 — this page	2	0	Routine
2000	1	0	Routine
1998	3	0	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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.