Model year record

1989 MERCEDES BENZ 300

1 recall campaign on file for this model year. 7 owner complaints on file.

Recalls

Recall campaignNHTSA 93V095000

Vehicle speed control

Component: Vehicle speed control
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ USA, INC.
Vehicles affected: 128,000
Reported to NHTSA: 1993-05-27
Owners notified: 1993-07-16

Defect description

DUE TO HEAT EFFECTS, THE THROTTLE BUSHING LOCATED ON THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE, CAN FATIGUE AND BREAK, CAUSING THE THROTTLE LINKAGE TO SEPARATE.

Safety risk

IF THE THROTTLE LINKAGE SEPARATES, THE ENGINE WILL RETURNTO IDLE SPEED, AND REMAIN AT IDLE, WITH NO ACCELERATION ABILITY. LOSS OF ENGINESPEED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ANACCIDENT.

Manufacturer remedy

REPLACE THE THROTTLE BUSHING WITH A NEW BUSHING MADE FROM MORE HEAT-RESISTANT MATERIALS.

Owner complaints

A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.

Component	Complaints	Median mileage
Vehicle speed control	2	170,000 mi
Air bags: frontal	1	—
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline	1	—
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly	1	—
Seat belts	1	—
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip	1	—

The 1988 model has roughly the same number of complaints as this one. The 1990 model has about 1.5 times as many complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.

Other MERCEDES BENZ 300 model years

2002 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 199019891988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1980 1978 1972 1971

All MERCEDES BENZ 300 recalls by year

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.