21V058000
COMMUNICATION: AUTO CRASH NOTIFICATION
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
2018 MERCEDES BENZ GLS 550
3 safety recall campaigns, 8 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints8
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
18V539000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Reduced braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
17V816000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
If the door appears to be locked, the door may be unintentionally opened, increasing the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1SEAT BELTS
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 1SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 MERCEDES BENZ GLS 550s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.