Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / 500 / 1993

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005076593 Incident Date: Feb, 03 2005
Consumer's City: LEXINGTON Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: 500 Model Year: 1993
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WDBEA36E5PB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 24 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 01 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Shorting in electrical systems causing failures of ignition and computer systems intermittently. root cause analysis show that failure of the sheathing and materials of the wiring harnesses cause corruption of electrical circuits and require complete replacement of harnesses due to poor quality materials. complete replacement of the wiring harnesses was completed in july of 2005. *jb