2 complaints reported

2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Visibility

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
2
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
1

Complaint Timeline

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Dec 2021

The contact owns a 2015 Mercedes-Benz S550. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer to be serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V197000 (STRUCTURE) and the dealer declined to service the recall because the sunroof panel was glass and not plastic. The manufacturer was made aware of the dealer's refusal and contacted the dealer. The manufacturer stated that the dealer would repair the recall. The contact stated she called the dealer again however, the dealer declined to remove the bonding adhesive and replace the front panel per the recall. The failure mileage was not available.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ S550, Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Incident: Dec 2021
Jun 2015 Injury

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD SOUND. THE GLASS ON THE SUNROOF EXPLODED AND BROKE OFF IN CHUNKS HITTING DRIVER REPEATEDLY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE GLASS COLLAPSED. GLASS SHARDS CUT DRIVER. MBWORLD SHOWS SIMILAR INCIDENTS TO OTHER MERCEDES-BENZ VEHICLES. MERCEDES-BENZ AUTOBAHN BELMONT, CA AND MERCEDES BENZ (CORPORATE NJ) WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY OR ADMIT DEFECT. SEE SAMPLE OF POSTINGS: HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/E-CLASS-W212/405329-2011-E350-EXPLODING-SUNROOF.HTML HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/C-CLASS-W204/544374-EXPLODING-SHATTERED-SUNROOF-TRISTAR-MERCEDES-ST-LOUIS-MO.HTML HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/C-CLASS-W203/346317-C230-SUNROOF-EXPLODED.HTML HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/C-CLASS-W203/525268-SUNROOF-BLEW-OUT-EXPLODED.HTML HTTP://MBWORLD.ORG/FORUMS/GL-CLASS-X166/550965-PANORAMIC-ROOF-BLEW-UP.HTML. *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MERCEDES-BENZ S550, Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Incident: Apr 2015

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The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class has 2 Visibility complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.