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2008 Mercedes-Benz R500 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 Oct 13, 2015
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 13, 2015

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Mercedes-Benz R500. 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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Fuel systemSteeringSuspension
Filed Oct 13, 2015

COOLANT TANK AND PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER LEARNING THAT OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE TANK. EUROFIX IN NASHVILLE TN STATED ITS GOING TO ALWAYS HAPPEN. I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT FLUSHED EVERY 3,000 MILES DUE TO THE LEAKAGE IS NON REPAIRABLE. STEERING PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED JUST FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PART. AM I ABLE TO BE REIMBURSED VIA THE MERCEDES MANUFACTURER? THIS CAR SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT I'M HAVING WITH A BETTER MODEL.

NHTSA ID
10781744
Incident
Sep 24, 2015

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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