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Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC

Every Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC model year on file, 2018 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32018 to 2020
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins62Summed across model years
By model year

Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC complaints by model year

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

00.250.50.751201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC 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 S 450 4MATIC by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Not decoded0NoneNone1021
2019Not decoded0NoneNone1021
2018Not decoded0NoneNone1020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC

  • 26V-216 Apr 3, 2026
    Drive shaft universal joint may break, resulting in a sudden loss of drive power
    Powertrain ยท 24k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.