Mercedes-Benz EQS 450Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 70 owner complaints and 16 safety recalls on record for the Mercedes-Benz EQS 450.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints70Top: Forward collision avoidance Safety recalls162022–2024 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Mercedes-Benz EQS 450 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the EQS 450 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2024Not rated–/1006 complaints · 2 recalls 2023Not rated–/10029 complaints · 6 recalls 2022Not rated–/10035 complaints · 13 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Mercedes-Benz EQS 450 problems

All model years combined: 70 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

42Forward collision avoidance7 crash/fire/injury

25Service brakes5 crash/fire/injury

20Electrical system6 crash/fire/injury

6Structure

4Vehicle speed control

4Lane departure

4Power train

2Wheels

2Fuel/propulsion system

97 other systems5 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Forward collision avoidance	42	7
Service brakes	25	5
Electrical system	20	6
Structure	6	3
Vehicle speed control	4	1
Lane departure	4	1
Power train	4	1
Wheels	2	0
Fuel/propulsion system	2	1
7 other systems	9	5

16 recalls

Mercedes-Benz EQS 450 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Warnings: external/pedestrian alert25V-366 · 2022–2024 · Jun 5, 2025 · 94 vehicles Wiring: fuses and circuit breakers25V-255 · 2023 · May 12, 2025 · 443 vehicles Air bags: critical fasteners24V-960 · 2023 · Dec 20, 2024 · 1 vehicles Management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software24V-372 · 2024 · May 28, 2024 · 14,912 vehicles Rear/other: buckle assembly23V-464 · 2022–2023 · Jun 30, 2023 · 6 vehicles Electrical system: propulsion system23V-405 · 2022–2023 · Jun 5, 2023 · 8,281 vehicles Control module: software23V-360 · 2022 · May 19, 2023 · 7,558 vehicles Management: software23V-309 · 2022–2023 · May 2, 2023 · 3,828 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-493 · 2022 · Jul 11, 2022 · 8,530 vehicles Body: bumpers22V-467 · 2022 · Jul 1, 2022 · 2,526 vehicles Communication: auto crash notification22V-190 · 2022 · Mar 25, 2022 · 8 vehicles Steering: steering wheel/handle bar22V-189 · 2022 · Mar 25, 2022 · 8,396 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 16 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the EQS 450

Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063