Recall Register

Mercedes Benz CLK500: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Mercedes Benz CLK500, model years 2003 to 2007. NHTSA has 38 complaints on file for this model line. 4 of the 5 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20033
  2. 20043
  3. 20053
  4. 20064
  5. 20071
Mercedes Benz CLK500: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2007 Mercedes Benz CLK500 NHTSA page100%33,456
2006 Mercedes Benz CLK5004566%924,393
2005 Mercedes Benz CLK500318237%913,037
2004 Mercedes Benz CLK500314184%913,037
2003 Mercedes Benz CLK5003113%913,037

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

44 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Mercedes Benz CLK500: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Fuel/Propulsion System25011
Seat Belts90.94
Air Bags90.94
Electrical System90.94
Fuel System, Gasoline68.23
Power Train68.23
Steering68.23
Tires68.23
Engine and Engine Cooling45.52
Exterior Lighting45.52

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mercedes Benz CLK500, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2019, with 1 campaign.
Complaints about the Mercedes Benz CLK500, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2012, with 5 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mercedes Benz CLK500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/clk500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Mercedes Benz CLK500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2006 with 4, 2005 with 3, 2004 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mercedes Benz CLK500 model year has the most complaints?
The 2005 model year, with 18 of the 38 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes Benz CLK500 name?
Fuel/Propulsion System: 11 component mentions. Seat Belts: 4 component mentions. Air Bags: 4 component mentions.