Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Apr 4, 2000CA
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. YH
1997 Mercedes Benz 500
Routine
Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment › appliance › air conditioner. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires › Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Power Steering Fluid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTires › Temporary/Emergency Spare Tire
Filed Feb 3, 2000FL
VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. SPARE TIRE IN THE TRUNK APPEARED BENT AS IF VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Air Bags
Filed Oct 4, 1999CA
PASSENGER AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. NO ACCIDENT OR OTHER EVENT CAUSED DEPLOYMENT; ENGINE WAS OFF, VEHICLE NOT MOVING, VEHICLE NOT STRUCK.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jun 9, 1999CO
REPEATED TIME ENGINE WON'T START NO POWER FOURTH TIME @ DEALERSHIP SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR FAILED. *YC
Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
CLOCK FAILED. *YC
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA
A/C VENT IN REAR LEAKS. YH
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Power Steering Fluid
Filed Jun 23, 1997TX
THE STEERING FLUID DRAINED COMPLETELY OUT.
8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1993Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.