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1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SL Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 14, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 14, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1972 Mercedes-Benz 350SL. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Jun 14, 2012

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I PURCHASED AN EXCELLENT CLASSIC 1972 MERCEDES 350SL. I HAD A SAFETY INSPECTION BY A LOCAL MERCEDES DEALER (AUTOHAUS ON EDENS IN GLENCOE IL) BEFORE I COMMITTED TO BUYING THE CAR. AT THE TIME, NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED OR REPORTED. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I TOOK THE CAR TO A CLASSIC MERCEDES SPECIALIST (AXEL'S AUTOMOTIVE) WHO DISCOVERED AN OPEN RECALL ON THE CAR FOR THE SUBFRAME. HE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE SAME MERCEDES DEALER (AUTOHAUS) WHERE I ORIGINALLY HAD THE CAR INSPECTED. THEY (AUTOHAUS) ARE DECLINING THE RECALL REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR IS NOW 40 YEARS OLD AND THEY SAY THAT ONCE THEY START WORKING ON IT, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS REQUIRED THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THEY WANT ME TO PAY NEARLY $8,000 (WORST CASE) IN THE EVENT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE REPAIR. NOW THEY WON'T RELEASE THE CAR UNLESS I SIGN A LIABILITY WAIVER. THE CAR IS BEAUTIFUL AND RUNS FINE, BUT IS NOW SITTING IN BACK OF THE MERCEDES DEALERSHIP. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP ME WITH. KIND REGARDS, {XXX}"PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552 (B) 96)." *JB

NHTSA ID
10461819
Incident
May 2, 2012
Mileage
153,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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