1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300D, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Tires & wheels1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
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
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .