1999 Mercedes Benz SL320

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body › roof and pillars. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Control Module (tcm/Pcm/Tecm)1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Control Module (tcm/Pcm/Tecm)
Filed Mar 26, 2002NV

WHILE DRIVING IN SNOWY WEATHER AND CLIMBING A HILL, THE ELECTRICAL TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM TOOK OVER AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RESULTING ON LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HITTING A BOULDER OFF THE HIGHWAY. PRIOR TO LOSS OF CONTROL, THE ELECTRONIC TROUBLE CODE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JG *NLM

Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars
Filed Jun 22, 2000CA

FLETCHER JONES & MERCEDES BENZ MANUFACTURE REP. REFUSED TO REPAIR THE REPEATED NEW CAR PROBLEMS WITH THE CONVERTIBLE ROOF AND DOORS. THEY WERE VERY HOSTILE AND DISCRIMINATORY.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20001000Routine
1999 — this page2000Routine
19983000Routine
19976110Routine
19964000Routine
199516020Routine
19942000Routine

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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.