2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK320 — Complaint #1939404
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH filed October 30, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1939404 (ODI reference 11552565) concerns a 2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK320 and was filed on October 30, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 23, 2023. The vehicle had 100,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:turn signal:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ SLK320 cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:turn signal:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK320 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2003 Mercedes-Benz SLK320. The contact stated that while making a left or a right turn, the turn signal indicator failed to illuminate as designed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the wiring socket and an unknown part had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact was informed by the mechanic of an unknown recall. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The contact was advised to call the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1939404 |
| ODI Number | 11552565 |
| Date Filed | October 30, 2023 |
| Failure Date | October 23, 2023 |
| VIN | WDBKK65F23F |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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