Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / S CLASS / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003201697 Incident Date: Feb, 14 2003
Consumer's City: ATLANTA Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: S CLASS Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 15 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I am happy to be alive today. my 2000 model s-430 mercedes suddenly stopped in the middle of an 8 lane expressway. the first car behind, and all others in same lane managed to stop after burning some rubber . the other seven lanes on my right and left continued regular speed in excess of 80 miles an hour. a considerable time later, someone managed to stop the right lane traffic , and with the help of few sarmaritans, they pushed my car to right side of the road. after the shock of the possibilty of getting hit, and waiting over 2 hours for a wrecker service to take me to rbm of atlanta, i felt i was most lucky to be alive today. by the way, you may want to know, this brand new, $ 80.000. 00 car in first year spent over 2 months in the shop for electronic defects of all sorts. to date , there have been at least 20 trips for the same electronic defect. if this is not a lemon , i want someone to tell me what lemon looks like.