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1999 Mercedes-Benz 202 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 Feb 2, 2001
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 Feb 2, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz 202. 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.

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Filed Feb 2, 2001

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOVES TO CENTER OF WINDSHIELD THEN HESITATES FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN SLOWLY DRAGS ACROSS THE REST OF THE WINDSHIELD, THEN DOES THE SAME THING WHEN IT RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR WARANTY SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED. IF I WANTED IT FIXED IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $700.00 FOR A PART THEY CALLED THE WIPER TRANSMISSION PLUS LABOR. I CHECKED WITH OTHER DEALERS/REPAIR FACILITIES AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. WHEN I CHECKED WITH AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP THE MECHANIC FIXED THE PROBLEM IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES BY CLEANING THE BASE OF THE WIPER AND LUBRICATING IT WITH WD-40. THE WIPER WORKED FINE AFTER THAT. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND TALKED TO THE OWNERSHIP TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEIR MODE OF REPAIR WHICH WAS EXCESSIVELY PRICED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REPAIR DONE WAS ONLY A TEMPORRARY FIX AND WOULD LAST LESS THAN A MONTH OR TWO. THAT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO!! JUST RECENTLY THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AND I REPAIRED IT MYSELF IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WHEN I CONTACTED MERCEDES BENZ NA CORPORATE OFFICE TO TELL THEM OF MY PROBLEM I GOT THE RUN AROUND FOR TWO WEEKS OF REPEATED PHONE CALLS,BUT WHEN I FINALLY CONTACTED SOMEONE I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD TO REPLACE RATHER THAN REPAIR THE WIPER MECHANISM IN ALL CASES RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM, AT COST TO THE CONSUMER. I HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH OTHER MERCEDES OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WERE TOLD THE SAME $700. PRICE FOR A REPLACEMENT PART WHICH WAS UNNECESSARY. I HAVE OWNED THREE DIFFERENT MERCEDES OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE PAID QUITE A BIT FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTANANCE, BUT I NOW WONDER IF I HAD BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN MANY CASES TO THE TUNE OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE A FACTORY DEFECT OR A DESIGN DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN THE WARRANTY.

NHTSA ID
740351
Incident
Dec 30, 1998

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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