Reliability & cost of ownership
Mercedes Benz CLS 450 Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Mercedes Benz CLS 450? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Mercedes Benz CLS 450 problems by model year
34 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 5 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 CLS 450 | 3 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2022 CLS 450 | 6 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 CLS 450 | 8 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 CLS 450 | 5 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 CLS 450 | 12 | 0 | No NCAP test | AI reliability outlook → |