Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 17, 2002MN
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE FAIL AND LOST POWER AND IT WAS HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
1997 Mercedes Benz 600
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAir Bags1 injured
Filed Sep 16, 1998FL
FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG WHILE STANDING STILL IN PARK LOT RESULTING IN DRIVER BEING KNOCKED OUT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading 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.