Vehicle report

2002 MERCEDES BENZ S500

Reported problems

25 complaints · median 73963 miles
ComponentReports
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM6
INTERIOR LIGHTING4
SUSPENSION4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2
AIR BAGS1
ENGINE1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR1
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.1
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT1
SUSPENSION:FRONT1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL1
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS1
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY1

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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.