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CarsLore / Mercedes-Benz / CLK-Class / 2001

2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class

14 owner complaints — the most of any CLK-Class model years. 0 recalls, 6 service bulletins.

14complaints · 0 crashes, 0 fires
0recalls
6manufacturer bulletins
58,938 mimedian mileage at failure

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

  • Electrical system5
  • Engine and engine cooling4
  • Power train4
  • Fuel system, other1
  • Structure1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

’00’01’03’0514’00’01’0414
200020012003200420052006

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 11 2001 CLK-Class vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 6 people died inside them, and 3 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class failed the safety check 2.23% of the time — 11% more often than the average 2001 passenger car (2.00%). Median odometer at inspection: 111,980 miles.

314first inspections
2.23%failed on safety
111,980 mimedian odometer
0.0%0.9%1.8%’98’00’01’02’04’06’08’092.2%0.0%0.9%1.8%’98’01’04’07’092.2%

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Engines

The most common engines in 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class cars on Dutch roads are the 2.0 petrol (120 kW, 161 hp), 3.2 petrol (160 kW, 215 hp) and 2.3 petrol (145 kW, 194 hp).

EnginePowerCarsShare
2.0 petrol120 kW 161 hp16557%
3.2 petrol160 kW 215 hp7425%
2.3 petrol145 kW 194 hp5218%

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

326 first registered in 2001 are on Dutch roads; 39% arrived later as imports. Median list price when new: €80,478.

71.2%had an APK defect recorded since June 2022
89.6%logical odometer history
0.0%with a recall still open

Most common APK defects

Colours

Grey 34%Blue 33%Black 29%Red 2%

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

689 cars built in 2001 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 1,262 more were declared off the road (SORN).

689licensed, end of 2025
35%of those still registered are on the road

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

In Finland

98 of these cars first registered in 2001 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 235,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

Recalls

No recall campaigns cover the 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Mercedes-Benz told its dealers about the 2001 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class: known faults, fixes and updates.

BulletinSummary
621570ON SOME VEHICLES, UPON RELEASE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND / OR APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE IS A 1-2 SECOND DELAY UNTIL THE ACTUATOR MOVES TO THE NEW ACCELERATOR PEDAL INPUT POSITION. THIS DELAY IS INTEGRATED IN THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A SAFETY FEATURE AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION IN THE FIELD. *TT
10136029SENTEX gate operator with Clik Card Remote not compatible with Homelink
10135917Malfunctions of various control units and/or on-board power supply problems caused by water in the control unit tray under the driver/front passenger seat (dislocated, pinched or leaking condensation hose)
10025642MODEL 203 (C) SERIES FROM PRODUCTION 8/1/01 TO 2/1/03 AND MODEL 209 (CLK) SERIES UP TO PRODUCTION 2/1/03; ESP VISIT WORKSHOP WITH FAULT CODE C1185. *PE
10015377REVISED REPAIR PROCEDURE AND ADDITIONAL APPLICABLE MODELS. MODEL 170, 202, 208 AND 210 MODELS. FRONT FOG LAMP(S) INOPERATIVE. MERCEDES-BENZ. *TT MODEL YEARS: 1994-2004. UPDATED 09/09/08. *PE
10007612AIR MASS SENSORS. *MJ

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

DP05007 · Power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)opened 7 Nov 2005 · closed 27 Mar 2006

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION

SQ01010 · Engine and engine coolingopened 25 Sept 2001 · closed 4 Feb 2002

SUDDEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation