https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercedes-Benz CLS. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:39:03 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls#complaint-1067180 Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT FUEL LEAK AT TOP OF SENDING UNIT UNDERNEATH LEFT REAR SEAT. FUEL SMELL IN CAR. I REMOVED SEAT AND COVER AND DISCOVERED FUEL POOLING. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls#complaint-1009277 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT CLS 55, POST RECALL ON THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. HAVE TAKEN MY CLS INTO THE DEALER FOR OTHER THINGS AND ADVISED THEM THAT I NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN THE CAR. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING, SO ON MY WAY I GO. NOW A YEAR LATER, I REALLY NOTICE THE FUEL SMELL WHEN I FILL UP, I PARKED IN THE PARKING GARAGE WHERE I WORK AND WHEN I CAME OUT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF FUEL UNDER THE CAR ON THE DRIVERS SI https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls#complaint-1007213 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT CAR WAS SMELLING OF GAS ON SEPT 2, 2013. I TOOK IT TO MIKE SMITH MERCEDES ON SEPT 3, 2013 TALKED TO SERVICE REP, HE SAID IT MAY BE THE FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT. HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO TAKE ALL DAY FOR THEM TO GET TO IT AND THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD COST SEVERAL THOUSAND TO FIX. I THEN TOOK IT TO MERCEDES SERVICE, LP IN BEAUMONT TX. THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS LEAKING GAS TREMENDOUSLY UNDER MY BACK SEAT. T https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls#complaint-872620 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT MY NEW 2011 MERCEDES C300 2500 MILES IN. THE FRONT ROTORS WARPED. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN YOU APPLY BRAKES. THIS ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED BY FLETCHER JONES MERCEDES BENZ OF NEWPORT BEACH CALIFORNIA. MERCEDES CORPORATE AND FLETCHER JONES MERCEDES DENIED BY REQUEST TO REPLACE. THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. THIS IS MY SECOND NEW MERCEDES IN 3 YEARS AND LIKELY MY LAST. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-cls#complaint-689031 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITH CRASH IN 2009 CLK 550 MERCEDES. IMPACT WAS AT 50 MILES PER HOUR AND STRUCK THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BUMPER. THE BUMPER WAS ON THE GROUND AND THE ALUMINUM FRAME BENT. RESTRAINED BY SEAT BELT, MY DAUGHTER'S HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFER FROM WHIPLASH. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS A CLK 550 NOT A CLS - THERE WAS NOT AN OPTION TO PICK THE VEHICLE. *TR