Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / SLK230 / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005041955 Incident Date: Oct, 07 2005
Consumer's City: RINGGOLD Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: SLK230 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WDBKK47F6XF Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 08 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Brake light failure. i have had to change the complete socket numerous times. each time the socket has melted. mbusa tells me they know of the problem, but do not see any reason to fix it. each repair runs about $300. i have had mine changed no less than 5 times in the past three years. *nm