Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / S CLASS / 2000

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005047159	Incident Date: Aug, 30 2005
Consumer's City: CATONSVILLE	Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	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:interior/under dash
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WDBNG75J3YA	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 18 2005	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Feb, 22 2005
Was Original Owner: No	Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: 2000 s500 instrument cluster began to fail after 58,000 miles, total failure of illumination occurred at 63,000 miles. in addition to all gauge failure, most importantly the speedometer, in door trunk release failed as well as the keyless remote for the trunk failed. took vehicle to dealership, i was told by service that "good thing this didn't go bad on a sl500, it would cost you $7,500.00. yours is only $2,000.00 dollars." diagnosed as an electronic failure to the instrument cluster. the consequences were a speeding ticket on 11/17/05, i ran out of gas on the side of a very busy highway, and was nearly hit by another motorist on october 1, 2005. *jb