Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 870 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system136 (15.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2006.
• Fuel system122 (14.0%)
• Air bags (restraint system)90 (10.3%)
• Engine82 (9.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2009.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)80 (9.2%)
• Tires & wheels46 (5.3%)

Other / uncategorized: 26 classifications (3.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (666 records, model years 1999–2009) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (591 records, model years 1999–2009) are most frequently classified under: engine, lights and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 500reports included a mileage
• 71,997average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1999 48 records for 1999 48
2. 2000 66 records for 2000 66
3. 2001 63 records for 2001 63
4. 2002 62 records for 2002 62
5. 2003 85 records for 2003 85
6. 2004 95 records for 2004 95
7. 2005 96 records for 2005 96
8. 2006 115 records for 2006 115
9. 2007 119 records for 2007 119
10. 2008 70 records for 2008 70
11. 2009 72 records for 2009 72

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 50mention a crash
• 20mention a fire
• 44mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 37
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 591
• Investigations NHTSA 12
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 30
• Owner complaints NHTSA 666

Explore the underlying evidence records