https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:39:10 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2174914 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact leases a 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS450. While driving at 35 MPH, the vehicle unexpectedly stopped with no other vehicle or object nearby. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions; however, the cause of the failure could not be determined. The contact was informed that it was a common failure and that other vehicle owners had sustained injuries due to the failure. Additional https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2163042 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 1000 feet after merging onto a 4 lane freeway with sparse traffic, we were driving the car in the 3rd lane from the right. Suddenly the car's steering wheel took a hard right turn, forcing the car through multiple other lanes and onto the shoulder of the freeway, through an unpaved area, nearly colliding with freeway signs. I was able to regain control of the car before a collision and get b https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2163043 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 1000 feet after merging onto a 4 lane freeway with sparse traffic, we were driving the car in the 3rd lane from the right. Suddenly the car's steering wheel took a hard right turn, forcing the car through multiple other lanes and onto the shoulder of the freeway, through an unpaved area, nearly colliding with freeway signs. I was able to regain control of the car before a collision and get b https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2163044 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 1000 feet after merging onto a 4 lane freeway with sparse traffic, we were driving the car in the 3rd lane from the right. Suddenly the car's steering wheel took a hard right turn, forcing the car through multiple other lanes and onto the shoulder of the freeway, through an unpaved area, nearly colliding with freeway signs. I was able to regain control of the car before a collision and get b https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2160627 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT The vehicle throws a “charging fault” error when I try to charge my vehicle with a high speed charger. I tried two different chargers and two different locations with the same result. The safety risk is a faulty high voltage battery system. I have not taken it to the dealer yet. This just happened today. My understanding is that this is a fairly widespread issue and MB is denying all warranty cl https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2157375 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT While traveling cross-country from Chicago, IL to San Diego, CA, my Mercedes-Benz EQS experienced a battery and system malfunction in Erick, Oklahoma at approximately 11:17 PM. At the time of the incident, the vehicle displayed approximately 93 miles of remaining range. I stopped to charge the vehicle; however, the vehicle failed to initiate charging and subsequently lost power. Following the shu https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2153234 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT This afternoon, while I was driving on freeway at a normal speed (75 miles/hour) with an ample distance (30 feet) from the car in front of me , I suddenly felt a huge impact. It was so violent that I immediately thought my car was hit by the car behind me. I stopped the car on freeway and called 911. But from the back mirror, I did not see any damage on the car behind me. I got out to inspe https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2116898 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT I was on interstate hwy the car had a Mal-function indicator and the drive train locked up. brakes did not work, steering did not work the car spinner 3 times and was stopped by hitting the concrete barier. the air bags did not work either. I believe the entire battery or power system had shut down as I also got the 12 v back up battery is running out. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2116899 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT I was on interstate hwy the car had a Mal-function indicator and the drive train locked up. brakes did not work, steering did not work the car spinner 3 times and was stopped by hitting the concrete barier. the air bags did not work either. I believe the entire battery or power system had shut down as I also got the 12 v back up battery is running out. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2116900 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT I was on interstate hwy the car had a Mal-function indicator and the drive train locked up. brakes did not work, steering did not work the car spinner 3 times and was stopped by hitting the concrete barier. the air bags did not work either. I believe the entire battery or power system had shut down as I also got the 12 v back up battery is running out. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2102992 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT The EQS450's delivery was taken from the sonic walnut creek CA dealer on [XXX], the vehicle has ACC and brake assists malfunctioning issues. Phantom braking issues. On [XXX], I was traveling on Interstate at 70-75 mph with no nearby vehicles when the car suddenly braked as if there was a pending collision. It was very scary, it was so violent I thought I had hit something in the road, but it was https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2102993 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT The EQS450's delivery was taken from the sonic walnut creek CA dealer on [XXX], the vehicle has ACC and brake assists malfunctioning issues. Phantom braking issues. On [XXX], I was traveling on Interstate at 70-75 mph with no nearby vehicles when the car suddenly braked as if there was a pending collision. It was very scary, it was so violent I thought I had hit something in the road, but it was https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2102994 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT The EQS450's delivery was taken from the sonic walnut creek CA dealer on [XXX], the vehicle has ACC and brake assists malfunctioning issues. Phantom braking issues. On [XXX], I was traveling on Interstate at 70-75 mph with no nearby vehicles when the car suddenly braked as if there was a pending collision. It was very scary, it was so violent I thought I had hit something in the road, but it was https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#recall-25V366000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-eqs-450-2024 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2025 S-Class, EQE SUV, EQE, EQS SUV and EQS vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. Software in the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) may cause an incorrect external pedestrian warning sound while reversing. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standa https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#recall-25V366000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-eqs-450-2023 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2025 S-Class, EQE SUV, EQE, EQS SUV and EQS vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. Software in the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) may cause an incorrect external pedestrian warning sound while reversing. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standa https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#recall-25V366000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-eqs-450-2022 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2025 S-Class, EQE SUV, EQE, EQS SUV and EQS vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. Software in the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) may cause an incorrect external pedestrian warning sound while reversing. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standa https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#recall-25V255000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-eqs-450-2023 Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2023-2024 C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, SL, GLC, EQE SUV, EQE, EQS SUV, and EQS vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under recall 24V-115. An incorrect fuse box that was not designed for the vehicle may have been installed. https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2080035 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS 450. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH and approaching a parked vehicle on the side of the road, the contact depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle failed to stop. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the brake failure, the front passenger’s side bumper crashed into the rear driver’s side bumper of the parked ve https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2080036 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS 450. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH and approaching a parked vehicle on the side of the road, the contact depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle failed to stop. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the brake failure, the front passenger’s side bumper crashed into the rear driver’s side bumper of the parked ve https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2080037 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS 450. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH and approaching a parked vehicle on the side of the road, the contact depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle failed to stop. There was no warning light illuminated. Due to the brake failure, the front passenger’s side bumper crashed into the rear driver’s side bumper of the parked ve https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2071485 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT My car has experienced spontaneous power loss and shutdown on four separate occasions since December 21, 2024. The first occasion was on [XXX] on [XXX] (a major road with a 45mph speed limit) where the car made a loud pop sound and juddered to a stop). It would not restart immediately leaving my family and I stuck in the center lane of a relatively high speed and busy road). The second occasi https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2069775 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT Was getting on the freeway and speed up to highway speed 70 mph in Oklahoma City and Drive train malfunction appeared, got off next exit and park in parking lot https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2050123 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT I reported last week about the brakes automatically coming on Tracking #11631195 It happened again today in reverse at 2-3 mph. Brakes activated and jolted me https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#recall-24V960000-mercedes-benz-mercedes-benz-eqs-450-2023 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling a certain 2023 EQS 450+ vehicle. The mounting brackets near the roof may have sharp edges that can damage the side-curtain air bag during deployment. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 214, "Side Impact Protection," and 226, "Ejection Mitigation." https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2048878 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Was driving 20 mph on a two lane road and my brakes came on for 1-2 seconds, it was sudden and jarred me forward https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2048879 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Was driving 20 mph on a two lane road and my brakes came on for 1-2 seconds, it was sudden and jarred me forward https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2030989 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Two weeks ago, I returned back from work and later on in the evening was driving to go to grocery store when the car seemed to get pulled to one side and started shaking when driving around 40MPH. Not knowing what was going on, I turned back and slowly drove it back home. Next morning, I thought may be there is low tire pressure ( even though it was in range), I slowly drove to get air filled. Aft https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2027898 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT 2023 Mercedes EQS 450 Normal Recuperation driving around 40 mph suddenly the brakes were applied and seat belts engaged with no apparent reason or obstacle. It was for a second and released so no damage except the scare and jolt of the brake. The internet is full of discussions about this Phantom Braking with electric and non-electric vehicles of all brands. This is the first incident in the 3 mo https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2027899 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT 2023 Mercedes EQS 450 Normal Recuperation driving around 40 mph suddenly the brakes were applied and seat belts engaged with no apparent reason or obstacle. It was for a second and released so no damage except the scare and jolt of the brake. The internet is full of discussions about this Phantom Braking with electric and non-electric vehicles of all brands. This is the first incident in the 3 mo https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450 https://plaincars.com/make/mercedes-benz-eqs-450#complaint-2027900 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT 2023 Mercedes EQS 450 Normal Recuperation driving around 40 mph suddenly the brakes were applied and seat belts engaged with no apparent reason or obstacle. It was for a second and released so no damage except the scare and jolt of the brake. The internet is full of discussions about this Phantom Braking with electric and non-electric vehicles of all brands. This is the first incident in the 3 mo