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2011 Mercedes-Benz A176 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 27, 2019
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 Dec 27, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2011 Mercedes-Benz A176. 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.

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Filed Dec 27, 2019

ON DECEMBER 23, 2019 I FOUND OUT THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNT ROTTED OUT CAUSING THE CONTROL ARM TO DISENGAGE FROM THE SUSPENSION. ACCORDING TO MY GARAGE, THE CONTROL ARM HAS BEEN HITTING THE FUEL TANK. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, IT WOULD RANDOMLY SWERVE, PARTICULARLY WHEN BRAKING, WHEN MAKING A GENTLE TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE AT 60 MPH AND WHEN CHANGING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL. IT FELT AT TIMES AS THOUGH THE CALIPER WAS BAD OR AT OTHER TIMES THE WHEEL WAS LOOSE. OTHER TIMES, IT FELT LIKE THE POWER STEERING WAS GOING. MERCEDES BENZ ESTATE MOTORS IN GOLDEN'S BRIDGE JUST REPLACED THE AIRBAG FROM THE RECALL ON NOV 19 AND THEY DID NOT NOTICE THE SUB-FRAME WAS ROTTED OUT WHEN THEY DID THEIR SAFETY CHECK. MY GARAGE HAD TO DO SOME EXTRA TESTING AND DRIVING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AS IT IS NOT VISIBLY APPARENT WITHOUT DETAILED INSPECTION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND THIS MODEL SHOULD BE RECALLED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I SEE IN 2014 MB RECALLED THEIR 2008 C CLASS FOR THIS SAME REASON!!! *LN CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. *JB

NHTSA ID
11291618
Incident
Dec 23, 2019

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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