1999 Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz Truck

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

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump	1		0	0	0
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Apr 4, 2004108,000 milesFL

(1) PROBLEM WITH BOTH ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY AND DRIVE SHAFT. THE ALLEGATION IS THAT THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILURE CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND ACCELERATION WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT(1 FAILURE). (2) REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH FRONT BRAKE PADS DUE TO PROBLEM IDENTIFIED BY SERVICE TECHNICIAN CONCERNING BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSES(3-4 FAILURES). (3) CRACKED CATALYST CONVERTERS PROBLEM THAT IS PROBLEMATIC WITH ML AND REQUIRES A $3-4000 REPAIR(1 FAILURE). *NM

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump

Filed Jun 12, 2002MD

THE FUEL PUMP FAILED LAST YEAR, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS COMMON IN THIS VEHICLE. THE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS NOW ARE THAT THE CAR MAKES A LOUD "CLUNK" WHEN MAKING CONTINUOUS TURNS (E.G., RAMPS) EVEN AT LOW SPEED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS MAKING ODD SOUNDS. ALSO THE HEATER MAKES THE FRONT CONSOLE TOO HOT TO TOUCH ON THE RIGHT SIDE.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Assessment
2001	1	Routine
2000	4	Routine
1999 — this page	2	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.