2000 Mercedes-Benz S500 electrical system problems

31 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2000 Mercedes-Benz S500 — 56% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

56%

share of all complaints

90,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 1

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“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…”
filed Aug 27, 2022
“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…”
filed Nov 9, 2020
“I was getting stuff from the trunk. When I went back to the car it was full of smoke. When I inspected the sorce of the fire it waa the blower resistor. The wiring to the blower was burnt at the connector. The plastic around the evaporator box was damaged.”
filed Sep 5, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Complaint During a phone call, the called party has difficulty understanding/cannot understand the driver, or interference/background noises are audible to the called party during a call. It becomes increasingly…
LI82.70-P-077433 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 28, 2024
NTG5.5: Incorrect time shown on instrument cluster, COMAND display, and analog clock
LI54.30-P-072145 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 10, 2020

Year	Reports	Share
2002 S500	14	56%
2001 S500	21	62%