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Mercedes-Benz SLK250

Every Mercedes-Benz SLK250 model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years40 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32015 to 2017

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins130Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Structure leads the Mercedes-Benz SLK250 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure

Brakes

Fuel system

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz SLK250 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercedes-Benz SLK250 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2017	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	19
2016	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	48
2015	Convertible	4	0.0	200	2	1	63

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz SLK250

19V-787 Nov 1, 2019
For a full list of the affected models visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RMISC-19V787-4620.pdf
Communication · 24k vehicles
17V-308 May 9, 2017
In these vehicles, the electronic stability control (ESC) system software may incorrectly keep the brakes slightly applied
Stability and traction control · 5,818 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.