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2009 Mercedes-Benz CLS 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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Latest Sep 18, 2008
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 Sep 18, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLS. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed Sep 18, 2008
Crash reported1 injury reported

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITH CRASH IN 2009 CLK 550 MERCEDES. IMPACT WAS AT 50 MILES PER HOUR AND STRUCK THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BUMPER. THE BUMPER WAS ON THE GROUND AND THE ALUMINUM FRAME BENT. RESTRAINED BY SEAT BELT, MY DAUGHTER'S HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFER FROM WHIPLASH. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS A CLK 550 NOT A CLS - THERE WAS NOT AN OPTION TO PICK THE VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10242877
Incident
Sep 12, 2008
Mileage
2,500 mi

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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