2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class
The 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class is sold in the U.S. as a hybrid large SUV. The most efficient version, the GLS450 4matic, is EPA-rated at 21 mpg combined. NHTSA lists no recall campaigns for this model year so far (Safety Signal A). Manufacturer pricing runs from $93,950 to $93,950 across 3 trims.
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| Trim | Powertrain | Drive | MSRP | HP | Torque | Seats | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLS 450 4MATIC | Hybrid | AWD | $93,950 | 375 hp | 413 lb-ft | 6 | 21 in |
| GLS 580 4MATIC | Hybrid | AWD | — | 530 hp | 553 lb-ft | 6 | 22 in |
| AMG GLS 63 | Hybrid | AWD | — | 603 hp | 627 lb-ft | 6 | 21 in |
MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.
Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLS450 4matic | Hybrid | AWD | 3.0L 6-cyl turbo | 19 | 24 | 21 | $3,900 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 50836.
The cheapest ownership win
Insurers price the 2027 GLS-Class very differently, and the gap between the best and worst quote on the same car and driver is usually larger than any option you are weighing on this page.
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Recalls (0)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseNo NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them.
These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
What the 2026 carried
Source: same nameplate, earlier model yearNothing has been filed against the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class yet. That is what you would expect of a model year this new — a recall, a complaint or a service bulletin takes months of cars being driven before it exists, so an empty page here is a statement about the calendar, not about the car.
So here is the nearest year of the same nameplate that does have a record — the 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class, the year before:
Those campaigns covered Air Bags and Seat Belts.
Read this as history, not as a forecast. These are the 2026 car's records and they belong to it. We do not know from federal data where one generation ends and the next begins, so we will not tell you a fault carried over — a redesign can replace the part a campaign was about, and a carry-over year can keep it. Take it as the question worth asking the dealer, and check back here in a few months: every year of the GLS-Class, side by side →
Parts & accessories for the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class
Search by fitment on eBay Motors — OEM take-offs, aftermarket, and the trim pieces dealers no longer stock. The listing and the price are the seller's.
Find parts for this GLS-Class →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseNo owner complaints on file with NHTSA for this model year.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAPNHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.
Driver-assist crash reports (1)
Source: NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-011 severity unknown
Aug 2026 to Aug 2026 · 0 with an air bag deployment · 0 towed
What was engaged, and what was hit
System named: not named in the filings
Crash partner: Passenger Car 1
Filed by: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
| Incident | System | Struck | Injury alleged | State | Speed | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Level 2 | Passenger Car | unknown | GA | 34 mph | 855-16213 |
From the manufacturer’s own filing
The reporting entity’s narrative as NHTSA published it, with anything identifying removed and nothing added. A narrative is a notice, written before the entity had verified what happened.
The subject MY 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC is equipped with L2 ADAS and was being driven within the speed limit on [redacted] near the intersection of [redacted] and [redacted], Monroe, GA, with L2 ADAS engaged when it was struck in the rear by a Lexus sedan whose driver allegedly claimed to have fallen asleep while driving.
A report under the General Order is a notice the manufacturer or operator must file within days of hearing of a crash in which a Level 2 driver-assist or automated-driving system was engaged within 30 seconds of impact. It is filed before anything is verified, and entities with telematics hear of far more crashes than entities that rely on complaints, so counts say as much about the reporting as about the car and are not comparable across makes. Nothing is normalised by fleet size. Every report on file, by make and year → · NHTSA’s page and files
GLS-Class by model year
all years, side by side →Common questions about the 2027 GLS-Class
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsHow much does the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class cost?
The manufacturer lists $93,950 for the GLS 450 4MATIC AWD. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.
Does the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class have any recalls?
No NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them, and a clean sheet on a recent model year often just means the vehicle is new. For context rather than prediction: the 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class carried 2 campaigns. Those records belong to that model year — a redesign can replace the very part a campaign was about — but they are the right question to ask. See the 2026's record.
How safe is the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class?
NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (100/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection. Treat that grade as provisional. It starts at 100 and subtracts for each recall, so a model year nothing has been filed against scores well by default — not because it has proven itself but because it has not been driven long enough to be tested. The 2026 graded B.
What is the fuel economy of the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class?
For the 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class, the best EPA combined figure is 21 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 1 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | none | EPA emission certificates | The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page. |
| Recalls | none | NHTSA recall campaigns | No campaign has been filed. Because the register is complete, an empty row here means there is nothing to find — not that we are missing it. |
| Owner complaints | none | NHTSA complaint database | No owner has filed one. On a car that sold in small numbers this says very little either way. |
| Crash ratings | none | NHTSA NCAP | NHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe. |
| Service bulletins | none | NHTSA manufacturer communications | The manufacturer filed nothing for this model year — usual on a car that has only just gone on sale. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | 1 | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | Crashes the manufacturer or operator reported with a Level 2 or automated-driving system engaged. Notices, filed before verification; not comparable across makes. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | none | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | 3 trims | Manufacturer press kit | Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.