2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 450 — Complaint #2043258
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:RIM filed November 25, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2043258 (ODI reference 11627357) concerns a 2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 450 and was filed on November 25, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 25, 2023. The vehicle had 11,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arizona based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:rim, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 450 cohort independently describe similar wheels:rim failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2022 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 450 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2022 Mercedes-Benz CLS450. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side front tire had a blowout. The contact stated that the failure had occurred because the rim was cracked. The contact stated that the failure almost caused the vehicle to go off the roadway. The contact stated that the failure had occurred six times with a cracked rim causing the tire to blowout. The contact stated that all four rims were cracked and were rewelded due to the failure. The contact was informed by an independent mechanic that the failure would recur if the rims were not replaced. The rims were Original Equipment. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 11,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2043258 |
| ODI Number | 11627357 |
| Date Filed | November 25, 2024 |
| Failure Date | November 25, 2023 |
| VIN | W1K2J5KB7NA |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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