2001 Mercedes Benz S430 complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V028000, REGARDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.*AK

IP STARTED TO SMOKE, FILLING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FORCING THE DRIVER TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *NM

COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THUS LEAVING ME WITH NO INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTOMOBILE. "IN THE DARK. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2001 MERCEDES S 430 WENT COMPLETELY BLACK AS I WAS TRAVELING AT NIGHT, SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM MY HOME. THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO DETERMINE MY GAS AMOUNT, AND NO WAY FOR ME TO DETERMINE THE SPEED AT WHICH I WAS DRIVING. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS HAVING ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. THE GAUGES ARE UNREADABLE DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V028000, REGARDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DASHBOARD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE GAUGES NO LONGER REGISTER THE SPEED OR FUEL LEVEL. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V028000, REGARDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS LEFT ME WITH NO SPEEDOMETER NOR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTATION. EVEN THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WERE INOPERATIVE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INTERIOR LIGHTING IS INOPERABLE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V028000, REGARDING THE INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

DT: CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS /INDICATOR WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER HAD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REPLACED. WHEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FIRST WENT OUT THE GAUGES WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THIS WAS A INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, BUT DID HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK THE REPLACEMENT CLUSTER FAILED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. *JB PHONE INTERVIEW (SEPTEMBER 23, 05) UPDATE: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS FLICKERED FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE IT BLACKOUT COMPLETELY. AFTER THAT, THE CONSUMER COULDN'T READ THE GAUGES AND THERE WAS NO TURN SIGNAL INDICATION. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE MANUFACTURING OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE THERE WAS COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AT 23,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY COULDN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. *AK WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 40 MPH THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. ON SEVERAL OCCASION THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKE WEAR WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT THEY JUST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CENTER CONSOLE WOULD NOT OPEN PROPERLY. THE STEREO'S VOLUME GOES UP AND DOWN. THE POWER STEERING MADE A GROANING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS TIGHTENED. THIS PROBLEM WAS WORSE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. THE GLOVE BOX WOULD NOT OPEN. THE TRUNK RELEASE BUTTON WAS INOPERATIVE. *NM

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM REPEATEDLY MALFUNCTIONS DESPITE 4 ATTEMPTED REPAIRS BY THE DEALER. LOCAL DEALER AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ARE NOT RESPONSIVE TO EITHER FIXING THE PROBLEMS OR MY SUGGESTIONS.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, DUE TO THE AERODYNAMICS DESIGN. *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE HEAD LIGHT AND THE PARKING LIGHT WILLGO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HAD BULBS REPLACED 3 TIME, .PROBLEM REOCCURED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR BLOWS LEAVING THE MIRROR IN THE DOWNWARD POSTION. UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF MIRROR. *JB WHILE DRIVING, THE SEATS MOVED BACK TO THE FURTHEST POSITION, THE HEAT CONTROL FOR SEATS WENT ON, AND ALL THE MIRRORS MOVED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO HALT. *SCC

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT DECLINED ALL THE WAY BACK BY ITSELF. THE CONSUMER HAD TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT AND PULL UP USING THE STEERING WHEEL TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *JB *SCC

WHEN FILLING UP TANK GAS PUMP DOES NOT SHUT OFF. CONSUMER FEELS THERE'S A DEFECT IN FUEL TANK. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER AND SURGES OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO AN ELETRONIC ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NHTSA SHOULD DO A FULL INVESTIGATION. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE WHEN TRAVELING AT 50 MPH AND HIGHER. ENTIRE VEHICLE WILL SHAKE, NOT JUST THE STEERING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED THE DRIVESHAFT, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATIONS STEERING WHEEL WOULD MOVE UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE STARTS KNOCKING FROM TANK AREA, AND THERE IS LOUD VIBRATION.DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

2001 MODEL, DEALER REPLACED DRIVESHAFT AT 500 MILES BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING AT SPEEDS OVER 55 MPH. IT DID NOT REMEDY SITUATION. CONSUMER THEN TEST DROVE 2 VEHICLES OF SAME MODEL, THEY VIBRATED AS WELL. MERCEDES CURRENTLY TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE.*AK