Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / CLK320 / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005040957 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2005
Consumer's City: FAIRFAX Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: CLK320 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:door:hinge and attachments
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WBDLJ65G0YF Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 03 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Door check on driver side door failed after 70,000 miles. when part failed, door check made opening door difficult causing safety hazard. also, door check failure resulted in deforming internal power window track. could not open window causing safety hazard. required owner to completely replace drivers side door on vehicle in order to be able to open window again. (cost of replacement $2600.00 which is excessive considering the low cost of the door check part.) owner believes that the door check part may be substandard in design and/or defective in nature. *nm