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1999 Mercedes-Benz S 500 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 23, 2017
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 27, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz S 500. 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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Body & structureBrakesDriver assistance+6 more
Filed Oct 23, 2017

1999 MERCEDES-BENZ 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VARIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS ON VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY DEFECTS CONCERNING ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL, BRAKES, BODY, STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. UPDATED 10/23/2017*JS

NHTSA ID
11035055
Incident
Jan 1, 2017
BrakesDriver assistanceEngine
Filed Sep 27, 2017

ENGINE SMOKING BRAKING SYSTEM INEFFECTIVE STEERING IS A LITTLE RUFF VEHICLE JERKS. *JS

NHTSA ID
11030244
Incident
Sep 25, 2017
Mileage
158 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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