Mercedes Benz 600

Owners filed 39 complaints across 6 model years of the Mercedes Benz 600. The 2001 drew the most (8).

Model years6
Complaints39
Recalls2
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Mercedes Benz 600 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes Benz 600 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Mercedes Benz 600 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20018
0—1Latches/Locks/Linkages › Trunk Lid › LockRoutine
19972
0——Air BagsRoutine
19957
0—1Electrical SystemRoutine
19948
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
19936
11—Electrical SystemRoutine
19928
011Electrical System › WiringRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.