23V854000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
2015 MERCEDES BENZ CLA250
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 83 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints83
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 7
21V197000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V892000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
In the event of a crash, if the air bag does not deploy as designed, the front seat passenger has an increased risk of an injury.
19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
17V627000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the driver air bag inadvertently deploys, it can increase the risk of injury and a crash.
17V114000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
If the starting current limiter overheats, the surrounding components can melt, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 17UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 14ENGINE
- 8AIR BAGS
- 6ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6POWER TRAIN
- 5STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4SERVICE BRAKES
- 4VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 MERCEDES BENZ CLA250s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.