Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
22
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Mercedes Benz 500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, INSULATION CRACKED ALL THROUGHOUT HARNE… |
| 2007-11-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | " EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ENGINE WIRE HARNESS " I BELIEVE THE FAULTY WIRE HARNESS COATING WAS MANUFACTURED FROM 1991 TO 199… |
| 2007-11-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | MY MECHANIC TOLD ME ON 11/3/2007 THAT THE WIRE HARNESS ON MY 1993 MERCEDES 500 SEL COULD CAUSE FIRE OR DEATH TO MY FAM… |
| 2007-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 1 | WHEN MY 1993 MERCEDES BENZ 500 SEL WARMS TO ITS NORMAL RUNNING TEMP. IT BEGINS TO ACT AS IF IT IS NOT GETTING FUEL. IT… |
| 2007-08-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1993 MERCEDES BENZ 500SEL WIRING HARNESS FAILURE- INSULATION ON WIRING BECAME BRITTLE AND BEGAN TO FALL OFF. SHORTS IN … |
| 2007-05-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 500 SEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL SPORADICALLY WITHOU… |
| 2007-04-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 1993 MERCEDES BENZ 500E ENGINE WIRING HARNESS INSULATION CANNOT STAND UP TO THE HEAT OF THE ENGINE AND LOSES ITS INSULA… |
| 2006-10-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY 500E SEDAN WAS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC THROTTLE CONTROL AND INTERMITTENT STALLING WHILE DRIVING, THUS PLACING ME AT RIS… |
| 2006-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CAR WILL QUIT ALL OF A SUDDEN AND LEAVE ME WITH NO BRAKES AND NO STEERING. THIS IS DUE TO A BRAKE DOWN IN THE ENGINE E… |
| 2006-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | SHORTING IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CAUSING FAILURES OF IGNITION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERMITTENTLY. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS S… |
| 2006-05-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | ENGINE WIRING HARNESS DEGRADED AND STARTED BECOMING BRITTLE RESULTING IN WARNING LIGHTS, FAILED WATER TEMPERATURE SENSI… |
| 2006-04-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | BOTH ENGINE / FUEL INJECTION WIRING HARNESSES OF MY 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 500E (115,000 MILES), HAVE CRACKED INSULATION TH… |
| 2005-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | MERCEDES BENZ WIRING HARNESS DEFECT.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM … |
| 2005-04-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE ENGINE/FUEL INJECTION WIRING HARNESS OF MY 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 500E (64,000 MILES), HAS CRACKED INSULATION THROUGHOU… |
| 2005-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | SHORTING IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CAUSING FAILURES OF IGNITION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERMITTENTLY. ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS S… |
| 2005-01-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | 1993 MERCEDES BENZ 500E - STALLS, ROUGH IDLE AND HESITATION. THE CAR DUE TO WIRING DEFECT SHUTS DOWN DURING DRIVING AC… |
| 2003-06-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | POSSIBLE ODOMETER TAMPERING. *AK |
| 2001-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | REAR SEAT BELT DOES NOT FUNCTION SINCE PURCHASE. |
| 1997-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN BRAKES FADING/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO RE… |
| 1994-02-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | THE TRACTION CONTROL HAS PREVENTED THE DRIVER FROM MOVING THE VEHICLE WHEN ANY PORTION OF VEHICLE IS ON ICE/SNOW ON AMA… |
| 1901-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1993 MERCEDES 500E WIRING HARNESS DISINTEGRATED. THE IGNITION MODULE WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE *TS THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION … |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER … |