The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Mercedes-Benz reported 63 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class, model years 2017–2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25 | 0 | 41 | 45,825 | 55 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 26,405 | 27 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 21,948 | 36 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 25,907 | 27 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18,718 | 32 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24,430 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15,509 | 13 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21,133 | 14 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28,654 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 21 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 13 | 0 |
| Power Train | 8 | 0 |
| Structure | 7 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 7 | 0 |
| Steering System | 5 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 5 | 0 |
| Fire | 4 | 0 |
| Visibility | 4 | 0 |
| Latch | 3 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 2 | 1 |
| ESC | 2 | 0 |
| Parking Brake System | 2 | 0 |
| Seat Belts | 2 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| No System/Component Specified | 1 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 1 | 0 |
| Rollover | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel System | 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 GLS-Class puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | Steering System · Service Brake System | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-03-05 | 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-02-13 | 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Service Brake System, Air · Air Bags | 2026 Q1 |
| 2026-02-09 | 2024 | DE | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2026 Q1 |
| 2025-04-27 | 2024 | IL | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-02-24 | 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-10-19 | 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Latch | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-08-25 | 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-19 | 2020 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-14 | 2020 | GA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-07-21 | 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Latch · Other | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-06-08 | 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Latch | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-05-13 | 2023 | WV | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-05-06 | 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags | 2024 Q2 |
| 2023-12-28 | 2022 | CA | 1 | 0 | Service Brake System, Air | 2025 Q3 |
| 2023-12-19 | 2023 | IL | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-09-18 | 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Fire | 2023 Q4 |
| 2023-06-07 | 2019 | TX | 0 | 3 | Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-05-09 | 2017 | IN | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-05-04 | 2017 | GA | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-03-17 | 2020 | ME | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2023 Q2 |
| 2022-12-17 | 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q1 |
| 2022-06-09 | 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | ESC | 2022 Q2 |
| not reported | 2017 | MD | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2022 Q2 |
| 2022-01-29 | 2020 | MD | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2022 Q1 |
| 2021-11-06 | 2019 | OR | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2021 Q4 |
| 2021-09-04 | 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-06-13 | 2021 | MA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-06-01 | 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-05-30 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 3 | Service Brake System · Parking Brake System · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control · Power Train | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-05-30 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 3 | Service Brake System · Parking Brake System · Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control · Power Train | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-05-27 | 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-03-30 | 2017 | — | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2021 Q2 |
| 2021-03-26 | 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2021 Q1 |
| 2021-03-07 | 2017 | CA | 0 | 3 | Fire | 2021 Q1 |
| 2021-02-12 | 2017 | — | 0 | 1 | Steering System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2021 Q1 |
| 2021-01-04 | 2019 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control | 2021 Q1 |
| 2020-11-16 | 2017 | OH | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-10-13 | 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-09-09 | 2019 | MO | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-08-20 | 2017 | CO | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2023 Q1 |
| not reported | 2019 | CA | 0 | 1 | Steering System · Service Brake System · Air Bags | 2020 Q2 |
| not reported | 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2020 Q2 |
| 2020-05-14 | 2018 | LA | 0 | 2 | Rollover · ESC | 2020 Q2 |
| not reported | 2017 | TX | 0 | 2 | Visibility | 2020 Q1 |
| not reported | 2017 | FL | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2020 Q1 |
| 2019-10-09 | 2019 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Air Bags | 2021 Q1 |
| 2019-09-09 | 2018 | CT | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q3 |
| not reported | 2019 | AZ | 0 | 2 | Structure | 2019 Q3 |
| not reported | 2017 | AL | 0 | 1 | Fuel System | 2019 Q3 |
| not reported | 2017 | OH | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2019 Q3 |
| 2019-04-08 | 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2019 Q2 |
| 2018-12-07 | 2017 | MD | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2018 Q4 |
| not reported | 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2018 Q4 |
| 2018-11-22 | 2017 | FL | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Seat Belts | 2018 Q4 |
| 2018-10-16 | 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2018 Q4 |
| 2018-06-11 | 2017 | KS | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2018 Q2 |
| not reported | 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2018 Q2 |
| 2017-09-03 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Power Train | 2017 Q4 |
| not reported | 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Seat Belts · Structure | 2017 Q1 |
| 2016-09-26 | 2017 | NJ | 0 | 4 | Visibility | 2019 Q3 |
| 2016-09-12 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 5 | Service Brake System | 2016 Q3 |
| 2016-09-06 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2016 Q4 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Mercedes-Benz received alleging a death or injury in a Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a GLS-Class that sold more will have more rows. All Mercedes-Benz models · What these reports are, and are not.