Dash Wiring Problems of Mercedes Benz S Class

: the contact stated the instrument cluster malfunctioned. There is a NHTSA recall, # 06v028000, regarding the interior lighting. The VIN was not included in the recall. Updated 6/19/2006 - the dash lights fade, flicker and go out.

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During nighttime driving, instrument back lighting was lost.

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I have a 2001 mecedes s-class. The insturment cluster just failed last week. The entire thing just went dark. Nothing works!! I notice you have a open investigation regarding this issue. Your # pe 05-062.

Instrument cluster failed (no lights, or gauges operable in instrument cluster) for no apparent reason. Speedometer, fuel gauge, lights are out causing a dangerous situation.

2000 s500 instrument cluster began to fail after 58,000 miles, total failure of illumination occurred at 63,000 miles. In addition to all gauge failure, most importantly the speedometer, in door trunk release failed as well as the keyless remote for the trunk failed. Took vehicle to dealership, I was told by service that "good thing this didn't go bad on a sl500, it would cost you $7,500. 00. Yours is only $2,000. 00 dollars. " diagnosed as an electronic failure to the instrument cluster. The consequences were a speeding ticket on 11/17/05, I ran out of gas on the side of a very busy highway, and was nearly hit by another motorist on October 1, 2005.

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Vehicle is a 2001 s-500. Almost word for word the same issue(s) as odi id number : 10100807. Same car, same problems, same sentiment. Replacing fuses only results in flickering instrument cluster lighting, and even then the backlight is still non-functional. Gauge needles flicker as well, until they too go out completely. Fuses last only for a couple of days, whereupon the entire instrument cluster remains entirely black. Problem could be remedied simply by replacing faulty transistors, or redesigning an improperly laid-out instrument cluster, ie cooling the transistors much more adequately. This creates a tremendous safety risk by essentially creating an information black hole: the operator does not know his/her own speed, fuel level, if the parking brake is still on, if the directional signals are operational, if the check engine light is on, and other important information that mercedes is so keen on relaying only to the instrument cluster. The faulty instrument cluster has not yet created an accident, but it is only a matter of time until one of the other thousands of s-class owners runs out of gas on the highway, and gets into a collision all because he/she didn't know how much fuel they had.

2000 mercedes s-430 blower motor fuse failure with gauge cluster problem(all gauages got stuck with blower motor fuse explosion at same time, I had fixed the blower motor fuse that was covered by mb's recall, but not the gauge) mb dealer said that was just the gauge problem but that happened at same time when the fuse went out(I was driving at 60mph and suddenly, all gauge stopped and some light does not turn on anymore). I heard that gauge cluster problem is a really common issue on S Class from the dealer and the gauge clusters are in back-order nationwide. Untill Dec. 2004 I guess there should be further investigation about this issue. . . This incident has great potential to an accident in certain situations.