Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Mercedes-Benz 300, most frequently naming the brakes and fuel system categories.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 2 months of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
VERY PREMATURE BRAKE PAD AND ROTER REPLACEMENT REQUIRED, I HAVE SPOKEN TO DOZENS OF OWNERS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT. WHERE BRAKES TRADITIONALLY LAST 30,000 MILES +/- THIS MODELS BRAKES LAST 8,000-12,000 MILES. TECHNICIAN AT
FRIDAY MORNING - 9:30 A.M. - 4/23/99 I DROVE FROM MY HOME (2368 BURMA HILLS DRIVE ) TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON MICHIGAN AVENUE. AND PARKED IN THEIR PARKING LOT. AFTER I HAD BEEN THERE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES I WAS NOTIFIED MY GAS TANK WAS LEAKING BADLY. WITHTHE HELP OF CLUB EMPLOYEES WE SECURED THE AREA, AND PUT A LARGE CONTAINER UNDER THE VEHICLE TO CATCH THE GAS. AAA WAS CALLED TO TKE MY VEHICLE TO MCCONNELL AUTOMOTIVE . THE MANUFACTURER (MERCEDES) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE GAS TANK WAS NOT GUARANTEED AGAINST ROAD HAZARDS. I THINK THIS COMPLETELY EXPOSED PLASTIC TANK IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS ON A SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE WHICH IS ADVERTISED FOR OFF THE ROAD USEAGE. I THINKTHE TANK SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY A STEEL GLIDE PLATE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I COUD NOT INSTALL A PROTECTIVE PLATE OR IT WOULD VOID MY VEHICLE WARRANTY. FRANKLY I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NOW THAT I SEE HOW VULNERABLE THE FUEL TANK IS TO DAMAGE. *AK
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.