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Federal filingsHome›Early Warning reports› Mercedes-Benz

The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.

Early Warning Reporting

Mercedes-Benz: deaths and injuries reported to NHTSA, by model

2,723 incidents on file across 23 Mercedes-Benz models in Mercedes-Benz’s quarterly Early Warning reports (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1: 92 killed, 3,240 injured, as claimed. Each is an allegation the manufacturer received, not a finding.

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By model

Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports
ModelIncidentsKilledInjuredModel yearsMost-named system
C-Class948241,1242003–2025Air Bags
E-Class624147202003–2025Air Bags
GLE-Class19532522016–2025Air Bags
GLC-Class16271892016–2026Air Bags
CLA-Class14941762014–2025Air Bags
S-Class129111502002–2025Air Bags
GL-Class109131382007–2016Air Bags
GLA-Class8441002015–2025Air Bags
GLS-Class631862017–2025Air Bags
CLS-Class471522006–2021Air Bags
A-Class340412019–2022Air Bags
Sprinter332412011–2025Air Bags
SLK-Class284282005–2016Air Bags
EQS260272022–2024Service Brake System
G-Class181262005–2022Steering System
SL-Class180192005–2019Air Bags
EQE171252023–2025Power Train
GLB-Class170212020–2023Air Bags
Metris7272016–2020Air Bags
EQB6092023–2024Service Brake System
AMG GT4042019–2023Air Bags
SLC-Class4042017–2017Air Bags
CLE-Class1012024–2024Service Brake System

What these reports are, and are not

Source: 49 CFR 579.21

The manufacturer’s own quarterly report

Under NHTSA’s Early Warning Reporting rule, Mercedes-Benz must report every claim or notice it received alleging a death or injury in one of its vehicles: the model and model year, the incident date, the state, how many were killed or injured, and the systems the claimant named. The manufacturer files it; NHTSA publishes it.

An allegation, as received

A row is a lawsuit, a claim letter or a consumer notice that named a death or injury. It is not a finding that the vehicle caused anything, and NHTSA does not verify it. The systems named are the claimant’s, not an engineer’s.

Counts scale with sales

A model that sold two million will have more reports than one that sold fifty thousand. These pages count; they do not rank. Set a figure against the model’s production and its peers before reading anything into it.

Where the complete list is

Every report on a model and system, dated and numbered beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints, is exhibit F of the defect dossier. The same records are free to read here; the dossier is the file you can cite.

Questions about these reports

Source: NHTSA Early Warning Reporting

Where does NHTSA publish Early Warning Reporting data?

On the Early Warning Reporting page under Vehicle Manufacturers at nhtsa.gov, through a search box that asks for the manufacturer, the report type and the quarter. WhichTrim reads the same tables every night and lays them out by model.

Does a report here mean the Mercedes-Benz has a defect?

No. It means the manufacturer received a claim or notice alleging a death or injury and named this model in its quarterly report, as the rule requires. NHTSA reads these reports for patterns; a recall or an investigation is where a finding would appear.

Why is the incident date sometimes blank?

The manufacturer did not report one. The quarter the report was filed in is always shown.

Can I get every incident as a spreadsheet?

The defect dossier for a model and system includes them in its exhibits CSV, each with its date, state, the counts and the systems named.