general problems of the 2000 Mercedes Benz S500

Please help me my 2000 S500l mercedes’ benz dashboard have been blinking for 4 months now it has finally completely went out I am complaining on my behalf in my daughter in wife please NHTSA we cannot see anything on our car dashboard our vehicle have been inspected at two independent service dealer theses symptoms appear to have been happening 1 year after purchasing from dealer please nhsta we need a recall on our dashboard cluster. I cannot attend work until the cluster gets fix it’s so dangerous driving with a broken cause this recall will be a blessing to our family.

Last night we had tropical storm eta in florida. We had about 10 inches of rain. The temperature was between 70f and 80f. The car was parked on high ground but in the rain. The inside of the car flooded with water under the carpet. I have not determined the source of the leak or the source of the short yet but the car is in my shop. I drilled holes in the floor to drain the water for now. The entire electrical system went crazy. The abs was malfunctioning, the wipers were turning on and off, the brake lights and other lights were turning on and off on there own, the car stayed running with the key out of the ignition, the lights would turn on and off with the key out of ignition, the sos light was turning on and off, the airbag light was turning on and off, the speakers were popping, the throttle controls were acting odd and not corresponding with the throttle control, they would not respond or stay on longer than normal, the transmission was getting stuck in gears, the air suspension was acting weird, I pressed the trunk release and the tail lights started flashing, the gas gauge read empty and I had a full tank, the speed and rpm were working normal, outside temp was going on and off as well as the clock, the ac blower speed was changing and turning off, the windows would work then not work, the interior lights were turning on and off, basically the car would start and run but almost every system in the vehicle was malfunctioning. This is the second mercedes I have owned that did this. I took videos but they were too big to share.

The instrument cluster only works when it is really hot.

I just bought my mercedes S500 two weeks ago. It only had one owner, 98,000 miles and good car fax. I was pulling out of my driveway and noticed the dashboard lights were completely dark and all of the gauges were not working!! I cant tell how much gas I have nor how fast I am driving! I research today and find that there was a recall on this issue that is now expired. How and why does a recall expire??!! this is a major safety issue. I wont be able to drive at night, I have children to transport and I don't want to get into a accident or receive a ticket for driving too fast! its so unfair that I just purchased this car and was not aware of a recall. How is this fair to a buyer who would have no knowledge of this!!! so I guess if me and my children got into an accident and died, mercedes would say "OH well, the recall expired". Bullshit!!! I am so angry. And they don't care!!!!.

One night while I was driving, suddenly the dashboard light slowly dim, flicked, and 95% lights were shut off included speedometer, the rest were very dim hardly see anything. Inside my car was totally dark at that point, I almost got into an accident. Immediately, I had to stop on the side of the road. That was very scary!! due to this kind of defective, the car is no longer in driving condition at night. This car is only 90k mile. After this incident, I searched on the internet and I had found few forums discussed about the similar problem with S500. But I could not find any recall for my car which related to this safety issue in NHTSA. This is a safety concern. This was almost caused myself getting into an accident. Would you please review this safety matter. Greatly appreciated.

The contact owns a 2000 Mercedes Benz S500. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, all of the warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 151,000.

While returning from taking my husband to have a surgical procedure on I-75. I noticed that the instrument cluster component instantly went black. I came close to being involved in a car accident. I was unable to see any important information such as speed and gasoline level on vehicle. I called my mechanic who is mercedes certified and he informed me of the recall on the instrument cluster component. I asked if he could repair the cluster. He explained that it was nothing he could do, it would have to be towed to the Mercedes Benz dealership cause of the risk of driving. I called the nearest dealship in macon, GA and was quoted a price of $1,312. 00 for the repair. When I inquired about the recall I was told that it expired four years ago. I took it upon my self to look into the recall and discovered that the recall came out in November 2005 and then expired February 2006. Which in other words was not good for the owners. If the recall was a safety issue, then why was there a expiration date? it should'nt matter the time frame when the owner comes in to have it repaced. The point is that you issued a recall and for the integrity and utmost safety of your conumer and their family which consist of small children. We chose your vehicle for that reason" safety". When I wanted to purchase a vehicle for "my family" I chose Mercedes Benz. But now you tell me you have a recall on this vehicle and refuse to repair it at no cost to the consumer. The point is that you new of the recall that's why it was issued and only allowed four months for repairs. What if there was accidents or people being killed. You would have to write a huge check for law suites. So to me why go through that when you can replace a part for a little to nothing than lives that are irreplacable. The company stands to profit milllions if we pay for"their recall!" all I'm asking is to keep my family safe!.

Please re-open investigation #pe05-062 as my instrument cluster has completely failed at 45k miles on the car and you and mbusa decided to discriminate which cars were included in the major recall - why not all vehicles. My car is in pristine shape, always been garaged, not to mention a very expensive vehicle. I have many photos if you need me to email them to you. This should not happen and the dealer insists on $1500 to repair. This is highway robbery not to mention life threatening and dangerous. Please help. Thank you.

All four doors and trunk of car will not lock or engage using the car key remotely but the lights will blink when key is depressed. I have to manually push down on all four locks to lock the car. Also, I have to manually use/insert the car key to open the trunk of the car. Front passenger car seat will not move or recline when door panel buttons are pushed. Engine light stays on all the time and no fault can be found. Sun visor stays down and can not stay up. I believe these are all electrical problems.

I was having an instrument cluster problem and I looked it up to see if there was a recall. I found out there was and I wrote down the NHTSA recall number (06v028000) and went to the dealership in my area to have it fixed. The dealership stated that my VIN was in the recall but the recall had expired. This was July 2014. I also called mercedes (1-800-367-6372) and they stated the same thing. How do I go about getting this recall fixed? in addition to this I would like to know if my VIN expired or do I have time to get it fixed.

My 2000 Mercedes Benz S500's instrument cluster started flashing on and off in may 2013 at around 44k. Then, January 2014, the cluster went dark forever. Yes, you read that correctly; the car is 14 years old, in perfect shape, 44k (now 45k) miles, and the cluster completely failed! the car has always been garaged so this was quite shocking that such an important data center would fail at such low mileage on my beautiful $90k car. The instrument cluster controls the interior door and floor lights, steering column controls, locks, trunk; there is too much to list that now doesn't work. Note: the trunk will not open unless you use the stick key and it is very difficult and awkward. Beware: if you're in a dark parking lot at night and want to put something in your trunk, forget it, as you have no lights and it takes so long to open the trunk that you'll probably get mugged in the meantime, plus, there's probably a mugger in your car too as you can't lock the car and the alarm doesn't work; only the trunk locks, permanently. Also, since the instrument cluster is completely dark, you have no idea how much gas you have, how fast you're going, engine light trouble, overheating, etc. My VIN number seems to be excluded from being corrected by mbusa. This is very exclusionary given my car is the same model and year plus the part is the same as those S500's included in the recall; why? I am requesting NHTSA widen the recall range to be fair to all owners of the same model and year where some are being recalled and some are not. This Mercedes Benz USA "VIN discrimination" is unfair & unethical, I respectfully request and implore you to please reconsider and widen the recall immediately. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Situation first started over the summer time when I was driving from bellingham to seattle for work and I got into the car, but the a/c didn't even work. I had to have the windows rolled down. I tried everything from economy mode, automatic, regular air, etc. Once I hit 10 miles away from my destination, all of the sudden, the air came back on. It worked the rest of the day and the next day. Then 2 days later and it stopped working again, but came back on a few days later or later that day. This same problem kept going on until about late October 2012. In late October, the whole system stopped working completely (defroster, a/c, and heater). No air came out whatsoever and was completely dead. I had my dad do some work on the passenger side and some water came drained out and let it dry for a while, then it started working again, but then a week after that, it stopped working again. We tried fixing it and still nothing is working. Then on February 8th, 2013, I came back from tokyo and got into my car at the airport, and the nothing had changed. Later that night, I got into my car, and nothing on the dashboard was working. No lights, no spedometer, no temperature, no time, no rpm indicator. Nothing. Problem still is happening. Then the following day, the trunk would not open at all automatically. No keyless way and no door latch. I had to use my physical metal key to get it open, but then I did that and all the windows and sunroof opened up too.