Mercedes Benz S Class: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 11 recall campaigns for the Mercedes Benz S Class, model years 1994 to 2012. NHTSA has 271 complaints on file for this model line. 6 of the 14 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.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 5% | 6,872 |
| 2009 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 10% | 54 |
| 2005 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 10% | 36,911 |
| 2004 Mercedes Benz S Class | 4 | 15 | 77% | 73,929 |
| 2003 Mercedes Benz S Class | 2 | 28 | 145% | 36,614 |
| 2002 Mercedes Benz S Class | 2 | 48 | 248% | 56,835 |
| 2001 Mercedes Benz S Class | 5 | 36 | 186% | 179,689 |
| 2000 Mercedes Benz S Class | 5 | 81 | 418% | 183,389 |
| 1999 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 46% | |
| 1998 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 10% | |
| 1997 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 10% | |
| 1996 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 1 | 6 | 31% | 149 |
| 1995 Mercedes Benz S Class | 0 | 27 | 139% | |
| 1994 Mercedes Benz S Class NHTSA page | 0 | 12 | 62% |
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
338 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 349.1 | 118 |
| Suspension | 198.2 | 67 |
| Interior Lighting | 88.8 | 30 |
| Air Bags | 56.2 | 19 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 41.4 | 14 |
| Power Train | 35.5 | 12 |
| Tires | 32.5 | 11 |
| Equipment | 32.5 | 11 |
| Visibility | 26.6 | 9 |
| Seat Belts | 23.7 | 8 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- C30028 campaigns
- E35022 campaigns
- E3204 campaigns
- ML3509 campaigns
- GLK35012 campaigns
- ML3204 campaigns
- C2509 campaigns
- C2305 campaigns
- C 30046 campaigns
- E5004 campaigns
- Sprinter 250095 campaigns
- GLC 30046 campaigns
- GL45011 campaigns
- C35018 campaigns
- CLA25015 campaigns
- AMG E554 campaigns
- Sprinter 350091 campaigns
- GLA 25028 campaigns
- E Class9 campaigns
- E55016 campaigns
- GLE 35043 campaigns
- R3503 campaigns
- GLC30016 campaigns
- 3201 campaign
- SL5001 campaign
- Metris31 campaigns
- S55015 campaigns
- 3008 campaigns
- S4300 campaigns
- C Class6 campaigns
- C3204 campaigns
- E30016 campaigns
- C2804 campaigns
- S5000 campaigns
- SLK2300 campaigns
- ML4300 campaigns
- C2201 campaign
- GLE35013 campaigns
- CLK3204 campaigns
- GLB 25025 campaigns
- ML5003 campaigns
- CLS55011 campaigns
- CLK3504 campaigns
- CLA 25019 campaigns
- 5002 campaigns
- 2806 campaigns
- C2403 campaigns
- GL35010 campaigns
- M Class15 campaigns
- 2400 campaigns
- 1903 campaigns
- A 22016 campaigns
- S6009 campaigns
- SLK3 campaigns
- GLE 45041 campaigns
- EQB 300 4MATIC5 campaigns
- GLS45020 campaigns
- GL55010 campaigns
- GLS 45021 campaigns
- E40015 campaigns
Mercedes Benz: all 284 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mercedes Benz S Class: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercedes-benz/s-class/. 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, INC.
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 S Class model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 5, 2000 with 5, 2004 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mercedes Benz S Class model year has the most complaints?
- The 2000 model year, with 81 of the 271 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mercedes Benz S Class name?
- Electrical System: 349.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 198.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Interior Lighting: 88.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mercedes Benz S Class?
- 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.