Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 MERCEDES-BENZ 2500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VARIOUS SAFETY DEFECTS ON VEHICLE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERAL SAFETY DEFECTS CONCERNING ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL, BRAKES, BODY, STEERING, SUSPENSION, WHEELS, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. UPDATED 10/23/2017*JS
ENGINE SMOKING BRAKING SYSTEM INEFFECTIVE STEERING IS A LITTLE RUFF VEHICLE JERKS. *JS
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Do not drive |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.