Mercedes-Benz CLS 450

Owners filed 27 complaints across 5 model years of the Mercedes-Benz CLS 450. The 2019 drew the most (15).

Model years5
Complaints27
Recalls34
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 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 CLS 450 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20233
3——WheelsRoutine
20223
6—1Air BagsRoutine
20211
8——WheelsRoutine
20205
5——Electrical SystemRoutine
201915
12——WheelsRoutine

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