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Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 13 recall campaigns for the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC, model years 2022 to 2026. NHTSA has 46 complaints on file for this model line. 3 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. 202210
  2. 20235
  3. 20240
  4. 20251
  5. 20262
Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2026 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC2222%1,135
2025 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC NHTSA page1776%26
2024 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC NHTSA page015163%
2023 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC5776%514,543
2022 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC1015163%999,214

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

82 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 GLS 450 4MATIC: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Forward Collision Avoidance158.513
Unknown or Other146.312
Electrical System12210
Engine109.89
Service Brakes97.68
Wheels48.84
Power Train48.84
Lane Departure48.84
Vehicle Speed Control36.63
Fuel/Propulsion System24.42

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2022, with 5 campaigns.
Complaints about the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2026, with 19 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/gls-450-4matic/. 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 GLS 450 4MATIC model years have the most recall campaigns?
2022 with 10, 2023 with 5, 2026 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC model year has the most complaints?
The 2022 model year, with 15 of the 46 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC name?
Forward Collision Avoidance: 158.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Unknown or Other: 146.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 122 per 1,000 component mentions.