2002 Mercedes-Benz S430 Exterior lighting Problems

“While driving during daylight hours on friday, 6/17/2016, I noticed the instrument cluster panel was very dark. The car was not driven again until dusk, on saturday, 6/18/2016 and I realized all of the instrument panel lights were out, the gauges were not working nor did the turn signals inside the vehicle or the automatic locks, work or the volume control on the steering wheel. The vehicle was in motion at the time of this discovery”

“All lighting on instrument panel began flickering on and off ,panel remained totally dark, no lights, nothing worked on steering wheel. I was driving about 50 MPH and it was dark. Could not see any lighting on gauges. Took vehicle to dealer was told about recall on instrument cluster .after checking found out that my vehicle was not included in recall. I feel that it should have been included because my vehicle had all indications referred to in particular recall of instrument cluster. This needs to be investigated further.”

“The contact owns a 2002 mercedes benz S430. The contact stated that the instrument panel and the high and low beams failed to operate. In addition, the windshield wipers would activate sporadically. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 06v028000 (interior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.”

“The contact owns a 2002 mercedes benz S430. While driving at 70 MPH, the instrument panel lights flickered on and off then failed to illuminate. The vehicle also started to lose power. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the instrument panel cluster needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 06v028000 (interior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 151,012.”

“The contact owns a 2002 mercedes benz s-class. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH the instrument panel lights malfunctioned. The contact was unable to determine how fast the vehicle was traveling or determine any of the other readings on the instrument panel. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign I.d. 06v028000 (interior lighting) and called the manufacturer. The manufacturer informed the contact that the recall was closed due to the year of the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 111,000.”