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Mercedes-Benz CL500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 44 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Mercedes-Benz CL500 (1999–2006). The most-complained-about year is 2002.

1
safety recalls, all years
44
owner complaints, all years
2000
year with most recalls
2002
year with most complaints

Pick your Mercedes-Benz CL500 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Mercedes-Benz CL50007
2005 Mercedes-Benz CL50002
2004 Mercedes-Benz CL50009
2003 Mercedes-Benz CL50001
2002 Mercedes-Benz CL500012
2001 Mercedes-Benz CL50005
2000 Mercedes-Benz CL50016
1999 Mercedes-Benz CL50002

What Mercedes-Benz CL500 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 44 complaints with NHTSA. The 2002 model year has the most, with 12.

All Mercedes-Benz CL500 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Mercedes-Benz CL500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 01V247000 Reported 613 vehicles potentially affected MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC.

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles fail to conform with the requirements of FMVSS no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." when the low beam headlamps are activated, the xenon lamps are aimed to illuminate the road surface. In the high beam mode the light from the xenon bulbs are redirected…

    Remedy: Dealers will modify the aim of the halogen headlamp bulbs in the high beam mode. Owner notification began october 15, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do…

    Model years: 2000

Other Mercedes-Benz models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.