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1993 Mercedes-Benz SL600 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 Sep 8, 2016
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 8, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1993 Mercedes-Benz SL600. 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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ElectricalEngineFuel system
Filed Sep 8, 2016

I AM FURIOUS THAT MERCEDES WOULD BUILD A OVER $100K VEHICLE AT ITS TIME WITH DEGRADABLE WIRING IN THE ENGINE AND FUEL COMPARTMENT. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TODAY WHEN I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE SMOKE WAS BELLOWING OUT UNDER THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. I SMELLED A RICH ODOR FUEL AND THE IDLE ON THE VEHICLE WENT HAYWIRE. I THOUGHT THE CAR WAS GOING TO CATCH FIRE AND BLOW UP! I LATER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD WHEN I FINALLY ARRIVED AT HOME TO FIND THAT THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONTROLS EVERYTHING FOR THIS VEHICLE IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED. WIRES ARE EXPOSED WHICH CONTROL THE FUEL MIXTURE TO THE FIRING OF PISTONS AND EXHAUST. KEEP IN MIND THIS VEHICLE HOLDS OVER 30 GALLONS OF GAS. IT IS A MONSTER OF CAR. IT IS BEYOND ME HOW MERCEDES WOULD NOT RECALL THIS TIME BOMB! AND TO TOP IT OFF THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS VEHICLES PROBLEM. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ENGINE MERCEDES HAS EVER BUILT. V12 .. .IT IS A HUGE TIME BOMB WAITING TO GO OFF. R

NHTSA ID
10904866
Incident
Sep 8, 2016
Mileage
160,000 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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