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1999 Mercedes-Benz SL320 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 Mar 26, 2002
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 22, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL320. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Transmission
Filed Mar 26, 2002

WHILE DRIVING IN SNOWY WEATHER AND CLIMBING A HILL, THE ELECTRICAL TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TOOK OVER AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RESULTING ON LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HITTING A BOULDER OFF THE HIGHWAY. PRIOR TO LOSS OF CONTROL, THE ELECTRONIC TROUBLE CODE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JG *NLM

NHTSA ID
8006398
Incident
Feb 1, 2002
Body & structure
Filed Jun 22, 2000

FLETCHER JONES & MERCEDES BENZ MANUFACTURE REP. REFUSED TO REPAIR THE REPEATED NEW CAR PROBLEMS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE ROOF AND DOORS. THEY WERE VERY HOSTILE AND DISCRIMINATORY.*AK

NHTSA ID
724365
Incident
May 20, 2000

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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