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2009 Mercedes-Benz CLS500 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 Jul 18, 2013
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 Jul 18, 2013

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLS500. 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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BrakesElectricalExterior lighting
Filed Jul 18, 2013

I RECEIVED A WARNING ON MY DASHBOARD THAT MY REAR TAIL LIGHT BLINKER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLINKER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. UPON TESTING THE HAZARD LIGHTS THE BLINKER WAS CORRECTING AND AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR THE LIGHT FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY. 2 WEEKS LATER I RECEIVED THE SAME ERROR AGAIN, TURNING OFF AND ON THE CAR DID NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE. UPON OPENING THE TRUNK AND INSPECTING THE LIGHT I NOTICED THE TOP BROWN WIRE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE TAIL LIGHT HARNESS WAS BLACKENED AND BURNED AS IF THE WIRE WAS OVERHEATING AND EFFECTING OR BURNING THE HARNESS. THE TAIL LIGHT STILL INTERMITTENTLY WORKS ON AND OFF HOWEVER THE BLACKENED WIRES ARE A CONCERN TO ME THAT IT COULD BECOME A FIRE HAZARD. *TR

NHTSA ID
10525692
Incident
Jul 17, 2013
Mileage
49,874 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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