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COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
2015 MERCEDES BENZ SLK250
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 4 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints4
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
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 2 of 2
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ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If brake pads are constantly applied over long periods of driving, the brake components may heat up, affecting braking performance and increasing the risk of a crash. Additionally, the dragging brakes may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 MERCEDES BENZ SLK250s 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.