The 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris has 28 owner complaints with NHTSA across 3 component categories. Use this checklist before you put money down — every item below is grounded in the actual failure pattern on this vehicle, not generic advice.
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Inspect the tires
What to look for: Uneven tread wear (alignment or suspension), feathering (toe out of spec), cupping (worn shocks), sidewall cracks (age). (13 owner complaints on this vehicle
· typical repair $150 · failures cluster ~43,000 mi)
What to look for: Wandering on the highway, clunks when turning, slop in the wheel before the tires respond, power steering whine. (3 owner complaints on this vehicle
· typical repair $700 )
On the test drive: On a smooth highway, take hands off briefly (when safe) — vehicle should track straight. Pulling left or right means alignment or worn front-end parts.
What to look for: Anything that looks, sounds, or smells different from peer vehicles of the same year and trim. (3 owner complaints on this vehicle
· typical repair $400 )
The seller's transparency on these tells you what kind of seller you're dealing with.
Inspection items derived from 28 owner complaints and 3 active recall campaigns filed
with NHTSA on the 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris. Category-specific guidance is written by ProblemsByVin contributors with ASE-certified mechanic
review. This checklist is meant to surface known patterns — it doesn't replace a paid pre-purchase inspection by a
qualified shop, which we recommend for any used vehicle priced over a few thousand dollars.