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Mercedes-Benz SL400

Every Mercedes-Benz SL400 model year on file, 2015 to 2016. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years22015 to 2016

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins136Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% 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

Wheels leads the Mercedes-Benz SL400 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Wheels

Tires

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mercedes-Benz SL400 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 SL400 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2016	Convertible	1	0.0	11	1	1	68
2015	Convertible	2	0.0	100	2	1	68

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz SL400

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
16V-439 Jun 15, 2016
Affected vehicles are equipped with low-beam headlights that may have been aimed incorrectly during vehicle production
Lighting · 100 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.