2002 Mercedes Benz SL Class

Routine

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

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Nov 6, 2003SC

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE MECHANIC REPLACED GASKET AND OTHER PARTS.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2013	0	1	0	Routine
2009	0	1	0	Routine
2006	0	1	0	Routine
2005	2	1	0	Routine
2004	3	3	0	Routine
2003	9	3	1	Routine
2002 — this page	1	0	0	Routine
1998	12	0	0	Routine
1997	2	2	0	Routine
1996	2	3	0	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.