Four-door long-wheelbase rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan · 5.0-liter M119 DOHC V8
1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Automatic
The preserved factory North American owner's-manual index lists the 500 SEL for model year 1992; the Mercedes-Benz archive establishes its W140 model identity.

Photo: “1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL (V140) (46957294842)” by Rutger van der Maar / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Cropped to 16:9.
Factory configuration
What this model is
- Trim
- 500 SEL
- Body style
- Four-door long-wheelbase rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan
- Engine
- 5.0-liter M119 DOHC V8
- Transmission
- 4-speed automatic
Configuration-specific ownership
Maintenance for this exact configuration
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Service desk
What this car needs & when
Use this as a service-planning checklist for 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL Automatic. Start with the interval, confirm which engine or configuration you have, then use an exact ordering reference when one is verified.
- Service topics
- 6
- Factory intervals
- 5
- Fitment-scoped
- 6
- Exact references
- 1
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Engine oil and filter
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz — 1992 500SEL (W140/M119) factory normal-service schedule (preserved service-manual database) · Normal Service — recurring 7,500-mile rows; at least annually with year-round multigrade oil · checked
Spark plugs
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz — 1992 500SEL (W140/M119) factory normal-service schedule (preserved service-manual database) · Normal Service — 30,000-mile replacement row and repeating rows · checked
Engine air-filter element
Exact reference available
Source: Mercedes-Benz — 1992 500SEL (W140/M119) factory normal-service schedule (preserved service-manual database) · Normal Service — 30,000-mile replacement row and repeating rows · checked
500 SEL — 5.0-liter M119 DOHC V8
K&N 33-2678
Source: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W140 S-Class table — 500 SEL, 1992 — 33-2678 (two required) · checked
Verified ordering references
- Service replacementK&N 33-2678
Qty. 2 · Reusable engine air-filter element · catalog-listed
K&N lists two elements for this application; confirm VIN and build date before ordering.
Catalog: K&N Engineering — 2017 European Automotive Catalog, S-Class application tables (archived copy) · W140 S-Class table — 500 SEL, 1992 — 33-2678 (two required) · checked
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Automatic transmission fluid and filter
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz — 1992 500SEL (W140/M119) factory normal-service schedule (preserved service-manual database) · Normal Service — 30,000-mile replacement row; excludes later 722.6 transmission · checked
Fuel filter
Sourced interval available
Source: Mercedes-Benz — 1992 500SEL (W140/M119) factory normal-service schedule (preserved service-manual database) · Normal Service — 60,000-mile replacement row · checked
Engine oil filter
Fitment must be confirmed
Use the exact engine, VIN, and build date to confirm the catalogued service part before ordering.
Sources
Other 1992 configurations