1996 Mercedes Benz S320

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
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Apr 28, 2017116,000 milesGA

THE TOTAL ENGINE HWIRE HARNESS INSULATION IS FALLING APART FROM VERIOUS AREA IN THE ENGINE BAY. WHICH MAKING THE WIRE TO EXPOSE - POSSIBILITIES OF FIRE IN THE ENGINE IF IT SHORT CIRCUIT. DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO KNOW. NOT ABLE TO FIND A NEW ENGINE WIRE HARNESS FOR THE VEHICLE . ANY HELP WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19976001Fatalities reported
1996 — this page1000Routine
19954010Routine

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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.