1994 Mercedes-Benz S 500

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed May 3, 2018124,000 milesCA

ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE WIRING DEALERSHIP REPAIR ITS STATING ITS ALWAYS AN ISSUE DUE TO THE MAKE OF THE WIRING SYSTEM. HOW THEY MADE IT THAT YEAR WAS A BAD SYSTEM. IT COST $1500-2400 TO REPLACE IT DUE TO THEY HAVE TO ORDER THAT PART FROM GERMANY.

Air Bags
Filed Feb 16, 2017CA

THE MAIN ELECTRICAL CABLE HARNESS FOR THE STARTER, ALTERNATOR AND VEHICLE BATTERY IS AFFECTED BY THE BAD WIRING.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20231300Routine
202220800Do not drive
20211700Routine
20072000Routine
200612000Routine
200511000Routine
200412000Routine
200310000Routine
200225010Routine
200134010Routine
200055010Routine
19992000Routine
19961000Routine
19954000Routine
1994 — this page2000Routine
19932000Routine

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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.