1991 Mercedes Benz SL

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Air Bags › Frontal	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Exterior Lighting09E012000

Filed Apr 7, 200916,270 vehiclesSabersport

Defect. SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.

Risk. DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Air Bags › Frontal

Filed Jun 24, 1999NC

DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT WITH THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2011	1	0	0	Routine
2007	1	0	0	Routine
2006	1	0	0	Routine
2004	2	0	0	Routine
2003	3	0	0	Routine
1995	13	1	3	Routine
1994	15	1	3	Routine
1993	2	1	0	Routine
1992	1	1	0	Routine
1991 — this page	1	1	0	Routine
1990	1	0	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.

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: Apr 7, 2009. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.