19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
2015 MERCEDES BENZ CLS400
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints12
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
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 4 of 4
15V505000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the rubber seal falls into the engine compartment, it may contact parts of the engine or exhaust system, increasing the risk of a fire.
15V137000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Reduced rear side marker illumination may prevent other drivers from seeing the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V088000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
If the rubber seal falls into the engine compartment, it may contact parts of the exhaust system, increasing the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 1ENGINE
- 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1SEATS
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 MERCEDES BENZ CLS400s 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.