Mercedes SL 2006 reliability and quality
Production year from 2006 to 2008
Unfortunately, the most recent inspection data for this Mercedes SL is more than 10 years old, but at that time reliability was above average.
During regular inspections from 2008 to 2009 in average failures were found for approximately 3.8 percents of Mercedes SL.
The most recent data available is for 2009, when the average defect rate for a 3-year-old Mercedes SL was 4.2 percent, the average for a car that age was 5 percent. Thus, in terms of reliability, Mercedes SL proved to be more reliable than 65% of the other cars tested.
The quality comes at a price - used Mercedes SL is around 170 percent more expensive than the average cabrios of its age.
Mercedes SL price and technical data
Cabrios 2006 - 2008 prices
| Year of inspection | Age of car | Failures found % / average for same age cars |
Place in rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes SL 2007 | |||
| 2009 | 2 years | 4.2% / 5.00% | 42. from 117 |
| Mercedes SL 2006 | |||
| 2009 | 3 years | 4.2% / 5.00% | 42. from 117 |
| 2008 | 2 years | 3.3% / 4.80% | 27. from 116 |