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Mercedes-Benz S 560 4MATIC

Every Mercedes-Benz S 560 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 years70 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32018 to 2020

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins82Summed across model years

By model year

The 2018 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 57% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Powertrain leads the Mercedes-Benz S 560 4MATIC complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

Suspension

Seat belts

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz S 560 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 560 4MATIC by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2020	Sedan	1	11	1	26
2019	Sedan	2	15	1	29
2018	Sedan	4	33	1	27

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz S 560 4MATIC

26V-216 Apr 3, 2026
Drive shaft universal joint may break, resulting in a sudden loss of drive power
Powertrain · 24k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.