Total Complaints
1 filings
MERCEDES-BENZ 202 · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2000MERCEDES-BENZ202 carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2000 202 is structure:body:bumpers with 1 filings. Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 15 investigation files overlapping the 2000 202. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | 1 |
THE FRONT BUMBER IS TOO LOW. WHEN YOU PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH A WHEEL STANCHION THE BUMBER RIDES OVER THE STANCHION AND UPON BACKING OUT THE BUMBER DOES NOT RIDE BACK OVER THE STANCHION BUT RATHER CRACKS. THIS OCCURS ON STANCHIONS AS LOW AS TWO OR THREE INCHES AND IS VIRTUALLY UNAVOIDABLE SINCE IF YOU DO NOT RIDE OVER SOME STANCHIONS THE REAR OF THE CR STICKS TOO FAR OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE POSING A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.