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Mercedes-Benz G550

Every Mercedes-Benz G550 model year on file, 2015 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42015 to 2018
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins354Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75120152016120172018
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Latches and locks leads the Mercedes-Benz G550 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Latches and locks
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz G550 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 G550 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2018Not decoded0NoneNone1092
2017Not decoded0NoneNone3093
2016SUV10.024089
2015Not decoded0NoneNone2080
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz G550

  • 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
  • 17V-817 Dec 18, 2017
    Vacuum hose for the brake booster may collapse resulting in increased braking effort
    Brakes · 432 vehicles
  • 17V-713 Nov 14, 2017
    Malfunction of the Electronic Stability Program (ESP), while Distronic Plus is engaged, may cause the engine to not reduce power, regardless of…
    Driver assistance · 8,043 vehicles
  • 17V-250 Apr 11, 2017
    Steering coupling may have been insufficiently tightened, resulting in the steering connection wearing
    Steering · 11k vehicles
  • 17V-178 Mar 14, 2017
    In the affected vehicles, the cable that unlatches the door when the inner door handle is pulled may break if the door is difficult to release,…
    Latches and locks · 26 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.