FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercedes Benz EQS 450+

Owners have filed 42 complaints about the Mercedes Benz EQS 450+ with NHTSA across model years 2022 to 2024. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2022 Mercedes Benz EQS 450+

16 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2024 Mercedes Benz EQS 450+

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercedes Benz EQS 450+ year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 D 11 0 3 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 D 15 3 0 Electrical System
2022 D 16 9 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Mercedes Benz EQS 450+

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 12 28.6%

Worst in 2023

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 9 21.4%

Worst in 2022

Brakes 6 14.3%

Worst in 2022

Transmission & Drivetrain 3 7.1%

Worst in 2022

Steering 2 4.8%

Worst in 2022

Body & Structure 2 4.8%

Worst in 2022

Fuel & Propulsion 2 4.8%

Worst in 2023

Airbags 1 2.4%

Worst in 2022

Suspension 1 2.4%

Worst in 2023

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 2.4%

Worst in 2023

Lights 1 2.4%

Worst in 2022

Wheels 1 2.4%

Worst in 2024

Equipment & Accessories 1 2.4%

Worst in 2022

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercedes Benz EQS 450+, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2023 peak 7 Aug 2026

Compare the Mercedes Benz EQS 450+

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.