Mercedes Benz R500 problems and owner complaints

2006 MERCEDES BENZ R500. ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN MOVES WITH ALL CONTROLS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND/OR USING THE TURN SIGNAL. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. MAY BE ATTRIBUTED TO HEAT EXPOSURE (I.E CAR PARKED ON THE STREET BEING EXPOSED TO THE SUN). REPORTED TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10352882 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ R500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING TURNS, SHE HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY ADDING POWER STEERING FLUID. IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT LATER TOOK HER VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMA…

Owner-reported narrative. 48,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10501151 at NHTSA ↗

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCEDES BENZ R500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000.

Owner-reported narrative. 49,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10358460 at NHTSA ↗

AT COMPLETE STOP AT STOP LIGHT WITH BRAKE FULLY DEPRESSED THE TACHOMETER SHOWED SEVERAL REPEATED INCREASES IN RPM FROM 600-800 CAUSING THE CAR TO ROCK THEN THE CAR ACCELERATED TO 2200 RPM ACTIVATING THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS HAS RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS FROM THE 6-1100. THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR AT OTHER TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. MERCEDES LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND I ACCOMPANIED A TEST DRIVE AND ALL PROBLEMS OCCURRED FROM NO ACCELERATION SEVERAL SECONDS TO THE 6-800-RPM ACCELERATION …

Owner-reported narrative. 44,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10313840 at NHTSA ↗

AT TIMES THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT WORK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE MERCEDES-BENZ CAMPAIGN #2006090001 WHICH HAS A NHTSA #10021242. AFTER FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CAMPAIGN MY VEHICLE WILL START IN PARK AND GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE BY ITSELF. THE INDICATER SAYS IT IS IN PARK WHEN IT STARTS BUT SHIFTS TO DRIVE OR REVERSE BY ITSELF EVEN WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CAR JUST TAKES OFF.

Owner-reported narrative. 50,453 miles reported. Look up ODI 10375749 at NHTSA ↗

THE HEATED SEATS CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNED PASSENGER WHILE DRIVING. SEATS IN FLAMES, STARTED TO SMOKE BURNING PASSENGER CLOTHING. PASSENGER TURNED OFF HEATED SEATS AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR POTENTIAL DANGER TO OTHERS, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM MERCEDES IS ENGINEERING CARS THAN BURN WHILE DRIVING, THAT HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEM ITS SISTER CAR MERCEDES M SERIES, WHICH ARE COMPRISED OF SAME COMPONENTS, DIFFERENT BODY STYLE, BUT OVERALL COMPONENTS ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND INTERIOR ARE BASICALLY SAME, BUT M SERIES IS BEING RECALLED BUT NOT THE LE…

Owner-reported narrative. 96,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10501166 at NHTSA ↗

AFTER DIAGNOSTICS FOUND THAT THE FRONT SAM HAD BEEN UNDER WATER SHORTING THE SAM AND ALMOST CAUSING VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. WOULD NEED THE FRONT SAM AND WIRING REPAIR ALONG WITH CONNECTOR REPLACEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DIAGNOSTIC. THE WATER IS COMING FROM THE FIREWALL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WAS AT WORK HAD TO LEAVE IT AT MY JOB BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START SO THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED.

Owner-reported narrative. 144,894 miles reported. Look up ODI 11165968 at NHTSA ↗

HAVE COMPUTER ISSUES THAT ARE REPORTING AND SHUTTING DOWN BRAKING SYSTEMS, SPEED CONTROLS, EPS, ABS. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC (MERCEDES SPECIALIST) REPORTS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM ON MODEL YEARS 2005 AND UP, HE HAS MULTIPLE VEHICLES IN FOR REPAIRS TO ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. I JUST SPENT 1,384.00 PLUS A WEEK LATER, MORE CODES MEANING ANOTHER 600+ TO REPAIR. HE SAYS THESE ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS ARE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF HIS INCOME. THE RCLASS IS CAUSING ME BREAKDOWNS, IF I TURN OFF ENGINE WHEN IT IS HOT, I WILL BE STALLED AND UNABLE TO CRANK IT UNTI…

Owner-reported narrative. 63,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10546221 at NHTSA ↗

MERCEDES R500 STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. EACH TIME CAUSING A TOTAL SHUT DOWN OF THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS WE HAVE HAD THE CAR. EACH TIME WE ARE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY BUT IS JUST LUCK THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN A ACCIDENT YET. EACH INCIDENT HAS BEEN WHILE ON A FAMILY TRIP TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE . ALL BUT ONE TIME, ONCE IT HAD BEEN LOADED ONTO THE TOW TRUCK AND DELIVERED TO THE MERCEDES DEARLERSHIP THE CAR STARTED AND RAN PERFECTLY! WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE MERCEDES DE…

Owner-reported narrative. 36,979 miles reported. Look up ODI 10322264 at NHTSA ↗