Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Mercedes-Benz 420, most frequently naming the driver assistance and engine 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
PLASTIC FOLLOWER APPARENTLY AGES INDEPENDENT OF MILEAGE. PIECE ON LEFT HEAD BREAKS OFF, FOLLOWS TIMING CHAIN OVER CAM GEAR, LEFT HEAD THEN OUT OF TIME FAILS CATASTOPHICALLY BENDING OR BREAKING ALL VALVES AND SOMETIMES PISTONS. ENGINE HALTS IMMEDIATELY. PROCESS IS DOCUMENTED WITH PICTURES AT WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.IMPORT-CAR.COM/IC/IC40024.HTM.*AK
FRON PARKED POSITION, WHEN VEHICLE PUT IN GEAR, CAR LUNGED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED WITHOUT ENGAGING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BREAK WOULD NOT STOP CAR. *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.