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1997 Mercedes-Benz 300 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 Dec 2, 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.
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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 6, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Mercedes-Benz 300. 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 1–5 of 5

Engine
Filed Dec 2, 1999

REPEATED SERVICE CALLS TO CORRECT PROBLEM SINCE CAR HAD APPROXIMATEKLY 6,000 MILES. ONE SERVICE REPAIR COST $1,674. WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NW ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED CAR BACK TO DEALER FOR SIXTH TIME CAR HAS 17, 450 MILES AT THIS TIME.

NHTSA ID
715542
BrakesEngineInterior & seats+1 more
Filed Apr 22, 1999

INSTRUMENT GAUGE CLUSTER DOES NOT ILLUMINATE ALL THE GAUGES, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO FAIL, BULBS BURNING OUT.

NHTSA ID
530969
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 9, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
705460
Incident
Jun 5, 1998
Visibility
Filed Jun 26, 1998

VEHICLE HAS ONE WINDSHIELD WIPER WHICH DOES NOT SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
824736
Interior & seatsPowertrain (other)
Filed Apr 6, 1998

THE MESSAGE PANEL CONTINUES TO INTERMITTANTLY SIGNAL LIGHT DEFECTIVE EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX.

NHTSA ID
533611

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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