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1979 Mercedes Benz 450SLC: complaints, problems and recalls

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

2 owner complaints analyzed

1 distinct recall campaigns

Not available median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1979 model year. Data snapshot: . 0 complaints include usable failure mileage.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Vehicle Speed Control is the most frequently named component, appearing in 2 of 2 complaints (100.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Vehicle Speed Control
2
Component breakdown data
CategoryCount
Vehicle Speed Control2

Vehicle Speed Control: 2

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000
0
25,000 to 49,999
0
50,000 to 74,999
0
75,000 to 99,999
0
100,000 to 149,999
0
150,000 and above
0
Reported problems by failure mileage data
CategoryCount
Under 25,0000
25,000 to 49,9990
50,000 to 74,9990
75,000 to 99,9990
100,000 to 149,9990
150,000 and above0

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

No usable failure mileage is recorded. 2 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2001
1
2002
1
Complaints over time data
CategoryCount
20011
20021

2001: 1; 2002: 1

Pattern summary

Vehicle Speed Control leads the component reports. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Examples from the source records

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 8009065 · 2002-05-02 (May 2, 2002)

WHILE PARKING HER VEHICLE INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD AND HIT A TREE AND BANK BUILDING. *JB *YH

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 8009065 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 896663 · 2001-09-21 (September 21, 2001)

WHEN ENGINE WAS STARTED, IT RAN AT FULL THROTTLE DUE TO A NYLON BUSHING FAILURE, THE NYLON BUSHING WAS NOTED TO BE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED. *SLC

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 896663 at NHTSA ↗

Recall history

1 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

84V007000 · Power Train:Automatic Transmission

Reported: 1984-01-25 (January 25, 1984)

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT LINKAGE ADJACENT TO THE ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL CONTAINS A PLASTIC BUSHING THAT COULD DEFORM DUE TO HIGH ENGINE COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURES CREATED BY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

Remedy: PLASTIC BUSHINGS WILL BE REPLACED WITH STEEL BUSHINGS.

NHTSA campaign record ↗