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.
2017 MERCEDES BENZ GLS550
5 safety recall campaigns, 6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints6
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 5 of 5
19V787000
COMMUNICATION
An inaccurate vehicle location may delay emergency responders, increasing the risk of injury.
18V272000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
The leaking oil in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
17V816000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
If the door appears to be locked, the door may be unintentionally opened, increasing the risk of injury.
17V077000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
In the event of a crash, if objects are not secured within the center console, they may strike the vehicle occupants, increasing their risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1ENGINE
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 MERCEDES BENZ GLS550s 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.