1995 Mercedes Benz S

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Electrical System	1		0	1	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical SystemFire

Filed Sep 21, 2011GA

JUST PURCHASED A CAR FROM A 2ND OWNER. CAR RUNS GREAT. UPON DRIVING IT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE, I CRANK IT UP AND I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO MAKE A WHINING SOUND, I TRIED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND IT KEPT RUNNING EVEN WITH THE KEY OUT. I THEN BEGAN TO SMELL AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WHICH PRODUCED LOTS OF SMOKE. THE CAR THEN SHUT OFF. UPON EXAMINATION BY MY MECHANIC THE WIRING HARNESS WAS BRITTLE AND WIRES WERE EXPOSED. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY MB. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2010

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2010	1	0	0	Routine
2009	1	0	0	Routine
2008	0	2	0	Routine
2007	0	2	0	Routine
2001	1	0	0	Routine
1995 — this page	1	0	1	Routine

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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.