Mercedes-Benz SL500 by model year

308 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercedes-Benz SL500 across 13 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Mercedes-Benz SL500

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1994	10
1995	39
1996	9
1997	13
1998	8
1999	2
2000	2
2001	3
2003	108
2004	64
2005	22
2006	15

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2006	15			17
2005	22			17
2004	64	Suspension (38%)		17
2003	108	Suspension (32%)		16
2002				17
2001	3			17
2000	2			17
1999	2			17
1998	8			17
1997	13		1	16
1996	9			17
1995	39	Electrical system (46%)		16
1994	10			16