1985 Mercedes Benz 500

Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.

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Owner complaints

1 complaints1 injuries

May 12, 1997CA1 injury
Air bags › Frontal
When entering the vehicle turned the ignition on and driver's side airbag deployed without warning, no impact involved * *ak

NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.

Sudden acceleration
EA88034Opened Jul 15, 1988Closed Jul 31, 1990
The center for auto safety petitioned nhtsa to open an investigation intosudden acceleration on various mercedes-benz models.the petition wasgranted with respect to the 1986-1987 300E model and engineering analysisea88-003 was opened covering just the 1986 and 1987 300 e vehicles.subsequently, cfas repetitioned nhtsa…
The center for auto safety petitioned nhtsa to open an investigation intosudden acceleration on various mercedes-benz models.the petition wasgranted with respect to the 1986-1987 300E model and engineering analysisea88-003 was opened covering just the 1986 and 1987 300 e vehicles.subsequently, cfas repetitioned nhtsa to expand its investigation to coverall 1984 through 1987 mercedes gasoline powered vehicles.defect petitionnumber dp88-013 was then assigned.on july 14, 1988, the cfas was advisedthat petition dp88-013 had been granted and that a new engineering analysis(ea88-034) had been opened.the preceding petitions and the engineering analysis have been merged intoea88-034.===
Sudden acceleration
DP87019Opened May 22, 1987Closed Oct 29, 1987
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