19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
2014 MERCEDES BENZ CLS550
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints11
Complaints citing a crash1
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 4 of 4
17V177000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
If the air bags do not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, there would be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
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
- 2SUSPENSION
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1SERVICE BRAKES
- 1STEERING
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 MERCEDES BENZ CLS550s 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.