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COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
2013 MERCEDES BENZ SL550
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints20
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
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STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
If the control unit pins lose connection, there would be a loss of electric power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash. The increase in pin contact resistance can also increase the risk of a fire, even while the vehicle is parked and ignition is off.
13V542000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
If the OCS does not detect a very light person sitting in the seat, the passenger side air bag would be turned off. In the event of a crash necessitating side air bag deployment, the passenger would be at an increased risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 5STEERING
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 4ENGINE
- 3WHEELS
- 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 MERCEDES BENZ SL550s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.