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2003 Mercedes-Benz 170 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 25, 2011
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 25, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2003 Mercedes-Benz 170. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Filed Apr 25, 2011

I HAVE A AUTO DIMMING REARVIEW MIRROR ON MY 2003 SLK 230 THAT HAS BECOME BLURRY TO LOOK INTO DUE TO A LEAKAGE OF A CHEMICAL AGENT INSIDE THE MIRROR. THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIRRORS SEEM TO BE DEFECTIVE AS THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED CASES ON THIS PROBLEM ONLINE BY OTHER MERCEDES OWNERS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10397350
Incident
Apr 8, 2011
Mileage
49,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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