Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCEDES BENZ / SL500 / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007104007 Incident Date: Jan, 26 2007
Consumer's City: OCEANSIDE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Model Name: SL500 Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 27 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I had a wiring harness fire in my vehicle a 1997 mercedes benz sl 500, it is due to a defect in the wire harness but mercedes benz is declining any involvement, i know of 129 other failures in like vehicles, it's costing me $10,000 to fix and i will not have my car back until july 2007. this needs to stop mercedes is deinying all involvment.*ak