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2002 Mercedes-Benz G500 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 13, 2011
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 Oct 7, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Mercedes-Benz G500. 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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Interior & seats
Filed Apr 13, 2011

MY FRONT SEATS RECLINE BUTTONS DON'T WORK PROPERLY. THEY GO OPPOSITE THEN WHAT YOUR DOING. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY AND I TRIED TO RECLINE THE SEAT BACK AND IT WENT FORWARD. IT CAUSED ME TO ACCELERATE FASTER AND ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I NOTICED IT ON NUMEROUS OF BLOGS AND FORUMS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10395693
Incident
May 6, 2009
Mileage
75,000 mi
Engine
Filed Oct 7, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCEDES BENZ G500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ECT CONTROL UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE. SHE WAS ALERTED TO THE FAILURE WHEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH. SHE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE UNIT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHERE SHE WAS INITIALLY TOLD THEY WOULD REPAIR IT FREE OF CHARGE; THEY LATER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

NHTSA ID
10359520
Incident
Oct 1, 2010
Mileage
48,000 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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