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Mercedes-Benz S550 4MATIC

Every Mercedes-Benz S550 4MATIC 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 years192 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins175Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 11, 58% of the model's total

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

03691220152016112017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Mercedes-Benz S550 4MATIC complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
5
Wheels
3
Speed control
2
Brakes
2
Airbags
2
Seat belts
1
Powertrain
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz S550 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 S550 4MATIC by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017Sedan20.0122088
2016Sedan110.0791078
2015Coupe633.3120209
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz S550 4MATIC

  • 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-816 Dec 18, 2017
    Rear passenger door on the driver side may indicate that it is locked, when it may not be
    Latches and locks · 8,700 vehicles
  • 17V-251 Apr 11, 2017
    Affected vehicles have front seat seatbelt pretensioners that may not function properly in the event of a crash
    Seat belts · 13k vehicles
  • 15V-657 Oct 14, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, left-side front seat belts may have been installed on the right-side and vice versa
    Seat belts · 2,580 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.