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Mercedes-Benz Mercedes Benz
112 NHTSA complaints and 0 safety recalls across model years 1977–2003.
- Complaints
- 112
- Recalls
- 0
- Model years
- 19
The verdict
The Mercedes-Benz Mercedes Benz pairs above-average complaint volume with zero recalls.
- 31st pctile
- complaint volume, US models
- 0
- recall campaigns
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes Benz vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
112 Around the middle lower than 31% of 3,088 models
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Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The Mercedes-BenzMercedes Benz appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 112 consumer safety complaints and 0 recall campaigns across 19 model years (1977–2003). That averages roughly 6 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 2 investigation files tied to this model. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1985 | 4 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1977 | 1 |
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes Benz totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.