1998 Mercedes-Benz SL500 Fuel system Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 17%of 6 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 153,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the fuel system of the 1998 Mercedes-Benz SL500, 17% of the 6 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 153,000 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Driving at 40 MPH when all of a sudden engine dies. Car becomes dead, very dangerous , at night middle lane of pacific coast hwy. Cant use breaks, everything is dead! Cant steer nothing. Could have been killed. This has happened before twice. Now I'm afraid to drive my car if this happens when im on the freeway, thats a problem, endangering me and everyone around. This is nuts because I pride myself on keeping my car in tip top shape always and this is undetectable . But expensive to try and find out until I saw that 800 other people have had the exact same thing! What wrong with this picture?”
NHTSA complaint #10716917, filed 2015-05, 153,000 milesFuel system: other model years
Other parts of the 1998 Mercedes-Benz SL500
2 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsBody and structure
1 complaintsTires
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1998 Mercedes-Benz SL500
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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