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2011 Mercedes benz S550 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1388405
Internal NHTSA #	11002352
Manufacurer	Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.
Brand	MERCEDES BENZ
Model	S550
Model Year	2011
File date	14/06/17
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Shifting lever is up for reverse, center for park, down for forward. All other transmissions you push up for park. After driving all other cars, even prior mercedes if you exit the car you push the transmission lever to up for park even with the engine running you push the lever up for park. This becomes a habit, a reflexive action but if you do this in this mercedes you go into reverse. What happened to me is i started the car in my garage and forgot something so i hopped out while reaching for the shift lever and pushed up for park, but it wasn't park, it was reverse and my car started backward with me only partially in the car. I barely made it back in before i wiped out my drivers door on the garage wall as the car exited the garage. I came within a whisper of getting smashed between the car door and the garage. Damage, about $7,000 but i avoided getting killed. Now, you may say that it is my fault for not shifting properly but why would mercedes go away from what has been the practice for many, many years? Much of driving is doing what you have been conditioned to do, much of it is reflexive and that should be considered in design for safety. I wrote to mercedes about this and told them that this is a safety issue. I asked them for reimbursement for my repair but i don't expect they will comply.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	67000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WHITEFISH, MT
VIN pattern	WDDNG8GB8BAXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	2
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2011 Mercedes benz S550 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Mercedes benz S550 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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