Vehicle report

2001 MERCEDES BENZ S500

Reported problems

34 complaints · median 112500 miles
ComponentReports
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM15
EXTERIOR LIGHTING8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL6
INTERIOR LIGHTING6
SUSPENSION5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5
POWER TRAIN2
STEERING2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2
ENGINE1
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL1
STRUCTURE:BODY1
SUSPENSION:REAR1

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.