The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Mercedes-Benz EQS: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Mercedes-Benz reported 26 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz EQS, model years 2022–2024, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7,612 | 131 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 22,192 | 54 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6,982 | 57 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brake System | 10 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 6 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 4 | 0 |
| Air Bags | 3 | 0 |
| Structure | 2 | 0 |
| Steering System | 2 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 2 | 0 |
| Power Train | 2 | 0 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| ESC | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Mercedes-Benz EQS puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Mercedes-Benz EQS, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Structure | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-02-04 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-01-28 | 2023 | MD | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-01-27 | 2023 | LA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-01-08 | 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Seats | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2026 Q1 |
| 2025-08-02 | 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Steering System · Service Brake System | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-07-27 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-07-27 | 2023 | CT | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Service Brake System, Air | 2025 Q3 |
| 2024-12-20 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Seat Belts | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-10-31 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-09-23 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-03-13 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Lane Departure · Other | 2024 Q2 |
| 2023-10-20 | 2023 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q4 |
| 2023-09-12 | 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-07-02 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 2 | Service Brake System | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-06-27 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control · ESC | 2023 Q4 |
| 2023-06-27 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-06-01 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-05-26 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-01-17 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2023 Q1 |
| 2023-01-15 | 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air | 2023 Q1 |
| 2022-12-25 | 2022 | RI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2023 Q1 |
| 2022-10-23 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air | 2022 Q4 |
| 2022-10-10 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2022 Q4 |
| 2022-01-29 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2022 Q1 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Mercedes-Benz received alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz EQS and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a EQS that sold more will have more rows. All Mercedes-Benz models · What these reports are, and are not.