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1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D 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 Jun 19, 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 Jun 19, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Jun 19, 2001

CONSUMER STATES AS HE WAS DRIVING, THE PIRELLIS P400 TIRES FELT MUSHY, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AND CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HAD FAILED INTERNALLY, THE STEEL BELT HAD SEPARATED, A SECTION OF TREAD WAS GONE, AND THE BELT WAS SHOWING THROUGH, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED WITH THE TIRE CHANGE, AN INCREASE IN FUEL CONSUMPTION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH TIRE MILEAGE AT 27628.*JB

NHTSA ID
561691

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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