Recall Register

Mercedes Benz 320: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Mercedes Benz 320, model years 1994 to 2002. NHTSA has 225 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19941
  2. 19950
  3. 19960
  4. 19970
  5. 19980
  6. 19990
  7. 20000
  8. 20010
  9. 20020
Mercedes Benz 320: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2002 Mercedes Benz 320 NHTSA page01144%
2001 Mercedes Benz 320 NHTSA page01768%
2000 Mercedes Benz 320 NHTSA page01768%
1999 Mercedes Benz 320030120%
1998 Mercedes Benz 320039156%
1997 Mercedes Benz 320 NHTSA page01976%
1996 Mercedes Benz 320 NHTSA page01456%
1995 Mercedes Benz 320029116%
1994 Mercedes Benz 320149196%28,874

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

332 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Mercedes Benz 320: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System286.195
Engine and Engine Cooling81.327
Visibility81.327
Air Bags75.325
Steering57.219
Power Train51.217
Exterior Lighting51.217
Suspension45.215
Service Brakes, Hydraulic42.214
Seats33.111

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mercedes Benz 320, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1996, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the Mercedes Benz 320, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 33 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mercedes Benz 320: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/320/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Mercedes Benz 320 model years have the most recall campaigns?
1994 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mercedes Benz 320 model year has the most complaints?
The 1994 model year, with 49 of the 225 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes Benz 320 name?
Electrical System: 286.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 81.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 81.3 per 1,000 component mentions.