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1991 Mercedes-Benz 560 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 17, 2006
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 Sep 18, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1991 Mercedes-Benz 560. 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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Electrical
Filed Jun 17, 2006

1991 560 SEC HAS INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE DURING ALL OPERATING TEMPERATURES. AFTER BEING DRIVEN WITH A/C ON FOR ABOUT 8 MILES IN TRAFFIC AND PARKED FOR UNDER TWO HOURS IN HOT WEATHER, CAR FIRST REFUSES TO START - A/C SWITCHED OFF. THE CAR STARTS AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS AND HAS EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLE. START TO DRIVE AND CAR SOON STALLS REFUSING TO START. A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS, CAR STARTS AND GOES TO EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLE CONDITION. CAR DRIVES A SHORT DISTANCE AND DIES. AFTER MANY MORE RESTART ATTEMPTS, CAR STARTS GOES TO EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLE. REVVING THE ENGINE TO ABOUT 3000 RPM FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS SEEMS TO BRING BACK THE NORMAL ROUGH IDLE WITH BETWEEN 2-4 FOUR REVVING ATTEMPTS AND RESULTING REDUCED COOLANT TEMPERATURE. CAR DRIVES ROUGHLY AND THEN SUDDENLY SMOOTHES OUT. INTERNET INVESTIGATION POINTS TO BIODEGRADABLE WIRING HARNESS. SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. LUCKILY THE 18 WHEELER THAT WAS ABOUT TO CRUSH ME DURING THE LAST STALL EPISODE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE LANES JUST IN TIME. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN WINTER TIME. FOR A CAR THIS EXPENSIVE, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. I NEVER HAD SUCH A SAFETY AND ENGINE FIRE POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH MY 1982 380SEC. THE WIRING HARNESS IS AN UNCONSCIONABLE EXPENSIVE ITEM THAT SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME SERVICE LIFE AS A $30 SERPENTINE BELT, BUT COSTS OVER $1000. THIS IS ALSO A MAJOR EMISSIONS PROBLEM THAT COULD DESTROY THE EQUALLY EXPENSIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DOES SOMEBODY DIE FOR YOU PEOPLE TO DEMAND A RECALL. OR DOES THE CAR HAVE TO BECOME A SUPER POLLUTER? I COULD HAVE DIED FROM THIS PROBLEM AND MY CAR IS A SUPER POLLUTER WHEN THIS INTERMITTENT HOT PROBLEM OCCURS. I'M GOING TO WRITE MY STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS. DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED WITH A RECALL. BIODEGRADABLE WIRING! HOW STUPID IS THAT? *JB

NHTSA ID
10160080
Incident
Jun 13, 2006
Body & structureSteering
Filed Oct 22, 2003

VEHICLE FRONT END PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE PAINT ON THE TOP WINDOW NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. MOLDING AROUND THE BRAKE LIGHT LOCATED IN THE BACK WINDOW TO BE PLACED CORRECTLY IN ITS GROOVE. THE CLEAR BRA ON THE RIGHT FRONT OVER THE HEADLIGHT IS COMING APART.*TS

NHTSA ID
10044855
Powertrain (other)
Filed Sep 18, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THE DIFFERENTIAL BRACKET FELL FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR ONTO THE AXLE.*YH *DT

NHTSA ID
567532
Incident
Dec 28, 2001

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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