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1997 Mercedes-Benz 500 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 Apr 4, 2000
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 23, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Mercedes-Benz 500. 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

Showing 1–8 of 8

Airbags
Filed Apr 4, 2000
1 injury reported

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. YH

NHTSA ID
551702
Tires & wheels
Filed Feb 3, 2000

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. SPARE TIRE IN THE TRUNK APPEARED BENT AS IF VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
856116
Airbags
Filed Oct 4, 1999

PASSENGER AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. NO ACCIDENT OR OTHER EVENT CAUSED DEPLOYMENT; ENGINE WAS OFF, VEHICLE NOT MOVING, VEHICLE NOT STRUCK.

NHTSA ID
712780
Incident
Jun 23, 1999
Engine
Filed Jun 9, 1999

REPEATED TIME ENGINE WON'T START NO POWER FOURTH TIME @ DEALERSHIP SAME PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
707358
Incident
May 2, 1999
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Feb 1, 1999

A/C VENT IN REAR LEAKS. YH

NHTSA ID
608999
Incident
Oct 1, 1996
Filed Feb 1, 1999

CLOCK FAILED. *YC

NHTSA ID
608988
Incident
Oct 1, 1996
Heating & air conditioning
Filed Feb 1, 1999

AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR FAILED. *YC

NHTSA ID
607490
Incident
Jul 3, 1998
SteeringVisibility
Filed Jun 23, 1997

THE STEERING FLUID DRAINED COMPLETELY OUT.

NHTSA ID
519054

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.

Data sources

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