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2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S600 — Complaint #753222

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM filed January 19, 2010

NHTSA complaint #753222 (ODI reference 10300257) concerns a 2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S600 and was filed on January 19, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 1, 2009. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:air suspension system, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ S600 cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:air suspension system failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S600 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 MERCEDES-BENZ S600
Component
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
State
New York
Mileage
70,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 MERCEDES BENZ S-600. WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS AIR IN THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION ACTIVE CONTROL BODY PUMP. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ACTIVE CONTROL BODY PUMPS AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $3,700. HE WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER TO INQUIRE IF HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V228000, SUSPENSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 753222
ODI Number 10300257
Date Filed January 19, 2010
Failure Date October 1, 2009
VIN WDBNG78J91A

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.