Mercedes-Benz Preliminary Evaluation PE03058: ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILURE
1998 Mercedes-Benz C250
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys
- Summary
- The Office Of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this preliminary evaluation to investigate allegations of engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer failure that could result in loss of power-steering assist.ODI has received a total of 546 non-duplicative reports that allege engine crankshaft pulley harmonic balancer failure on all Mercedes-Benz vehicles using the subject component.the subject component failures are progressive in nature and only a small percentage of the complaints and warrant claims involved a failure that had progressed far enough to effect power steering performance (6 of 55 ODI complaints reference increased steering effort).there have been no crashes or injuries related to the alleged defect.a safety-related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of Agency resources does not appear to be warranted.accordingly, this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.the Agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances.see summary report attached for further detail.
- Documents (24)
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT ATTACHMENT A PART 1 OF 5
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT ATTACHMENT A PART 2 OF 5
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES- BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT ATTACHMENT A PART 4 OF 5
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES- BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT ATTACHMENT B AN C PART 5 OF 5, C IS THE LAST 8 PAGES
- OCC 10/28/2004 DENIAL LETTER TO HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ RESPONSE TO HOGAN & HARTSON 3/12/2004 REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
- HOGAN&HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/29/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT WITH ATTACHMENT
- PURSUIT RELATED MEMO
- HOGAN&HARTSON 4/13/2004 ON BEHALF OF MERCEDES-BENZ LETTER TO OCC, REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
- IR TO MFR
- CLOSE RESUME APPROVED * 04-22-04 * P
- OCC RESPONSE TO FOIA REQUEST FROM M J MEHALL DATED TO 3/8/2005
- MEMO 8/25/2004 TO TIS, ONE CD HOGAN&HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 8/25/2004 ATTACHMENT
- MFR IR RESPONSE DATA
- MFR IR RESPONSE DATA
- MFR IR RESPONSE LETTER
- MFR IR RESPONSE LETTER
- MEMO 3/12/2004 TO TIS, ONE CD, HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/12/2004 ATTACHMENT
- OCC 8/9/2004 LETTER TO HOGAN&HARTSON ON BEHALF OF MERCEDES-BENZ 4/13/04 LETTER, CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
- OPEN RESUME APPROVED
- MFR IR RESPONSE DATA
- CLOSING REPORT * 04-22-04 * P
- HOGAN & HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/12/2004 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT ATTACHMENT A PART 3 OF 5
- OCC 8/25/2004 TO HOGAN&HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ GRANT/DENY CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT TO HOGAN&HARTSON FOR MERCEDES-BENZ 3/29/2004 LETTER TO OCC