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Mercedes-Benz E550

Every Mercedes-Benz E550 model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins395Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.511.522015220162017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Mercedes-Benz E550 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
2
Communication
1
Electrical system
1
Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz E550 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercedes-Benz E550 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Convertible20.05050144
2016Coupe10.03330128
2015Convertible20.010031123
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz E550

  • 21V-058 Feb 5, 2021
    Software design of the communication module may fail to communicate the correct vehicle location for the emergency call system (eCall) in the…
    Communication · 1.29M vehicles
  • 19V-787 Nov 1, 2019
    For a full list of the affected models visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RMISC-19V787-4620.pdf
    Communication · 24k vehicles
  • 19V-010 Jan 9, 2019
    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2014 C250, C300 4Matic, C350, C63 AMG, E350 4Matic Coupe, E350 Cabrio, E350 Coupe, SLS AMG…
    Airbags · 289k vehicles
  • 17V-627 Oct 6, 2017
    Driver's air bag may unexpectedly deploy due to insufficient grounding of the steering components if an electrostatic discharge occurs and the air…
    Airbags · 495k vehicles
  • 17V-080 Feb 8, 2017
    Pelvis air bag or the front passenger air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite in the event of a crash
    Airbags · 2,112 vehicles
  • 16V-831 Nov 17, 2016
    On the affected vehicles, there may be insufficient clearance between the left catalytic converter and the composite underbody panel
    Structure · 799 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.