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MERCEDES BENZ CLA250

2016 MERCEDES BENZ CLA250

8 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 98 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints98
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire1

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 8

23V8540002023-12-15

STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

21V1970002021-03-19

STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.

21V0580002021-02-05

COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION

Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.

19V8920002019-12-16

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

In the event of a crash, if the air bag does not deploy as designed, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of an injury.

19V7870002019-11-01

COMMUNICATION

An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.

17V6270002017-10-06

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and a crash.

What owners report most

  • 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 15ENGINE
  • 13AIR BAGS
  • 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 6STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 6STEERING
  • 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 5POWER TRAIN

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2016 MERCEDES BENZ CLA250s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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