Overview & Reviews

Everything. A new SL debuts to replace the previous version, which dated back to 1990.

• Seductive style, retractable hardtop, commendable performance, ride and handling.

• Heavy for a "sports car," limited cargo capacity, nav system is old-tech CD-ROM format.

User Reviews:

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  foul smell in mercedes - 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
  By jjzachs - April 29 - 10:00 am

  my car has been in shop for over 120 daysin one year.now there foul smell from a defect in the door design in the designo version. it supposidly leaked glue and caused a foul smell.we heard of other cars with same problem.mercedes has to date not told the exact nature of the problem or the chemical that leaked.my car still stinks

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  SL500 is a dog - 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
  By sally - January 12 - 8:43 am

  3 years and 20K miles of nothing but trouble. brakes and battery/electrical problems constantly. Been towed in 4X. Gave up on it so it now looks great sitting in the garage!

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  Stay away! - 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
  By earbon - May 15 - 3:20 pm

  As a starter the value of that car is dropping like a rock in a lake with no bottom. The real trade in value is between $25000.00 and $31000.00 at best. I was lucky to buy it with a POC on it otherwise I would have left my wallet at the dealer. Lots of squeaking and annoying noise coming from the chassis. Lots of problem with the electronic, seat wont recline and suddenly they do, the lighting. The air ride suspension is nice but unreliable and can collapse at any time. They had to replace the whole rear end at 48000 miles. Please stay away from Mercedes benz and leave MB where they deserve to be, in bankruptcy.

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  looks only - 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
  By relfamily - May 25 - 2:00 am

  reliabilitys very disappointing. on a monthly basis there is some small problem, which so far the excellent service dept. of this dealership was able to correct. but then there are some problems they cannot handle since it relates to the mechanical design of this car. we all know the low profile tires allow the rims to get nicked very easily ( there is a pending classaction suit ) the body flexes and there are noises from the roof latches and other parts of the car which MB have no idea how to correct. all in all this was a poor investments and u can get a better car for half this price. sorry MB but no wonder u are nbr 29 on the list of JDP..