2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S550 — Complaint #2049460
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY filed December 19, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2049460 (ODI reference 11631560) concerns a 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S550 and was filed on December 19, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 1, 2024. The vehicle had 76,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle assembly, 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 S550 cohort independently describe similar power train:axle assembly 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 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S550 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Mercedes-Benz S550. The contact stated while the vehicle was in for routine maintenance, the mechanic discovered that the front driver's side CV-boot had cracked and was leaking oil. The contact was advised that the CV-boot could cause the front axle to eventually fail. The contact was advised that the front axle needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 76,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2049460 |
| ODI Number | 11631560 |
| Date Filed | December 19, 2024 |
| Failure Date | November 1, 2024 |
| VIN | WDDUG8FBXHA |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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