Mercedes-Benz A 220Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 82 owner complaints and 16 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz A 220.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints82Top: Electrical system Safety recalls162019–2022 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz A 220 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the A 220 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2022Not rated–/1003 complaints · 2 recalls 2021Not rated–/10010 complaints · 4 recalls 2020Not rated–/10021 complaints · 10 recalls 2019Not rated–/10048 complaints · 14 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz A 220 problems

All model years combined: 82 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

23Electrical system1 crash/fire/injury

20Engine1 crash/fire/injury

9Fuel/propulsion system1 crash/fire/injury

9Back over prevention

7Power train

6Air bags

5Steering

5Suspension

4Forward collision avoidance

1812 other systems2 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Electrical system	23	1
Engine	20	1
Fuel/propulsion system	9	1
Back over prevention	9	0
Power train	7	0
Air bags	6	1
Steering	5	0
Suspension	5	0
Forward collision avoidance	4	0
12 other systems	18	2

16 recalls

Mercedes-Benz A 220 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Doors: lock26V-481 · 2019–2022 · Jul 24, 2026 · 310,667 vehicles Other: owners/service/other manual23V-732 · 2019–2020 · Nov 1, 2023 · 42,742 vehicles Exterior lighting: headlights23V-662 · 2022 · Oct 2, 2023 · 32 vehicles Communication: auto crash notification22V-365 · 2019–2021 · May 20, 2022 · 242,722 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-232 · 2019–2020 · Apr 8, 2022 · 126,443 vehicles Steering21V-990 · 2019–2020 · Dec 17, 2021 · 38,312 vehicles Fuel injection system: fuel rail21V-961 · 2019–2020 · Dec 13, 2021 · 139 vehicles Exterior lighting: headlights21V-509 · 2019–2020 · Jul 2, 2021 · 1,467 vehicles Sensing system: camera21V-354 · 2019–2021 · May 14, 2021 · 343,191 vehicles Communication: auto crash notification21V-058 · 2019–2020 · Feb 5, 2021 · 1,292,258 vehicles Child seat21V-034 · 2021 · Jan 29, 2021 · 231 vehicles Other: labels20V-753 · 2019 · Dec 4, 2020 · 26 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 16 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.