THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED THIS PRELIMINARY EVALUATION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY HARMONIC BALANCER FAILURE THAT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER-STEERING ASSIST.ODI HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 546 NON-DUPLICATIVE REPORTS THAT ALLEGE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY HARMONIC BALANCER FAILURE ON ALL MERCEDES-BENZ VEHICLES USING THE SUBJECT COMPONENT.THE SUBJECT CO
Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
Linked campaign numbers: None listed.
Manufacturer communications
8 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
1
PARKING BRAKE
1
STEERING
1
10019990
Date: 2006-04-26. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STEERING.
FLOW NOISES FROM AREA OF POWER STEERING PUMP AND/OR FOAMING OF POWER STEERING OIL IN RESERVOIR. *TT
10017064
Date: 2005-09-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.
MODELS 215/220 WITH ENGINE 137, MODEL YEAR 2000-2002 INSPECT, IF NECESSARY REPLACE CYLINDER SHUTOFF OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. DCAG HAS DETERMINED THAT ON AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR FOR CYLINDER SHUTOFF MAY LEAK. MERCEDES BENZ *SC
10010134
Date: 2004-09-14. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.
NOISES FROM PARKING BRAKE CABLE. *TT
10000344
Date: 2004-09-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
FRONT TURN SIGNAL INOPERATIVE. *TT THIS BULLETIN REPLACED PREVIOUS BULLETIN ISSUED 10/10/02. *TT
10002954
Date: 2003-07-31. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN DRIVER OR FRONT PASSENGER DOOR NONFUNCTIONAL. *TT
10002956
Date: 2003-07-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. *TT
10002968
Date: 2003-07-03. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
CHECK RIGHT OR LEFT LOW BEAM BULB WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER'S MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY, BUT THE LOW BEAM BULB IS FUNCTIONING, AND THE RIGHT AND OR LEFT FRONT SAM HAS FAULT CODE B1630. *TT
10002969
Date: 2003-07-03. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
ELECTRONIC IGNITION SWITCH (EIS) REPLACEMENT. *TT
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
NHTSA's complaints API and bulk file list no complaint for this make, model and model year in this data build.