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2027 Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC+ Cabriolet Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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+1 complaint in 30 days
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 15, 2026

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2027 Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4MATIC+ Cabriolet. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Driver assistance
Filed Oct 15, 2026

I purchased this Mercedes AMG CLE 53 on October 8, 2026. Five days later, I was driving in a parking lot of a shopping center going about 15-20 mph when suddenly, for no reason at all, the car jammed on its brakes and came to a complete stop almost immediately. The force of the seat belt holding me in place as it occurred hurt me for hours afterwards. The "Active Brake Assist" as it's known on this vehicle obviously interpreted that there was something I was going to crash into, but there was absolutely nothing there at all in front of me. It did occur as I was driving into a shadow from a nearby building, so perhaps it thought the shadow was another vehicle. This is a serious safety concern for several reasons. Had there been someone driving behind me, this "phantom braking" episode could have had someone crash into me from behind. Additionally, the force of the seat belt across my chest as the car came to the abrupt stop could certainly do damage to a driver or passengers in the car. I called the dealership I purchased the car from, and they said there are no known issues with the emergency braking system, but I did look online and I found several Mercedes owners complaining of the same issue. I truly believe this Mercedes emergency braking issue needs to be investigated.

NHTSA ID
11771359
Incident
Oct 13, 2026

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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