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1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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.
4
Latest Mar 31, 1999
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.
2
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.
0
Reports on file since Jan 17, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190. 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

Showing 1–4 of 4

Transmission
Filed Mar 31, 1999

AT LIGHT & STARTED FORWARD. HEARD WHINNING NOISE & VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING. SPEED ABOUT 30MPH. HAD COASTED VEHICLE HOME. TOWED TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY (NOT SHIFTING INTO GEAR). TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. *AK

NHTSA ID
836334
Incident
Feb 7, 1999
BrakesElectricalEngine+1 more
Filed Oct 2, 1995

VEHICLE OVERHEATS. *SD

NHTSA ID
488853
Incident
Jul 17, 1995
AirbagsBrakes
Filed Jan 30, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG DURING ABOVE ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. "DUP 950515: 958735".

NHTSA ID
480212
Incident
Nov 19, 1994
AirbagsBrakesTransmission
Filed Jan 17, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL/ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
958735
Incident
Jan 17, 1995

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.

Data sources

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