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2005 Mercedes-Benz G55 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 23, 2009
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, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Mercedes-Benz G55. 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 Jun 23, 2009

I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 MERCEDES G-55 WHICH HAD AN AFTERMARKET DVD SYSTEM WITH SCREENS IN BOTH FRONT HEADRESTS. UPON REMOVING THE HEADRESTS TO INSTALL SEAT COVERS, WE DISCOVERED THE DVD INSTALLER HAD CUT INTO THE HEADREST POSTS, THUSLY RUINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE HEADRESTS. I HAVE ORDERED NEW HEADRESTS FROM MERCEDES 6 WEEKS AGO. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND ALSO FEAR THAT MANY AFTERMARKET DVD SYSTEM INSTALLERS MAY BE CUTTING THE HEADREST POSTS AND THE CONSUMER IS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THEIR HEADRESTS AND THE INTEGRITY THAT IS LOST. AS WE ALL KNOW HEADRESTS ARE AN IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE IN MODERN AUTOMOBILES AND HAVE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES AND LESSENED THE LIKELIHOOD OF WHIPLASH, HEAD AND NECK INJURY. WE PLAN TO RETAIN THE OLD, ALTERED HEADRESTS UNTIL WE ARE SATISFIED THIS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED. I HAVE BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE TRADE FOR 31 YEARS AND DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF SAFETY, INTEGRITY AND THE CONSEQUENCE OF ALTERATIONS SUCH AS THIS. THANK-YOU. *TR

NHTSA ID
10274698
Incident
Mar 10, 2009
Mileage
20,000 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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