2012 Mercedes-Benz GL550 Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 6about this part
- Share
- 75%of 8 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 53,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 6 complaints about the air bags of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL550, 75% of the 8 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 53,500 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Takata recall - I had head-on collision accident on 02/03/2015, steering wheel and leg air bag was deployed, but caused me injury after it deployed to my hand, fingers and knees. Once leg air bad deployed, my right kneed hit the switch underneath the driver seat and caused injury. Mercedes don't install this switch underneath the seat anymore and I believe there was flaw in design and location of this switch and now they changed the location of switch. They might have found something in their testing. …”
NHTSA complaint #10863167, filed 2016-05, 63,000 miles“I purchased a this vehicle at a dealership Laurel Ford as is no warranty for $14,000 and not even in a week of me having it the key fob was not working and it’s been giving me problems so now it’s not is not reading the ignition switch and it won’t turn on it’s not drivable, and I have small three kids. I love it but the headache I can’t deal. Please help!!!!”
NHTSA complaint #11635569, filed 2025-01“The takata airbag recall defect has not been repaired on our mercedez for over 3 years now. We have not been able to resell it due to the recall, valuation has decreased as well due to the repair not being performed by the dealer. Should this have been done in a timely manner? It clearly was not.”
NHTSA complaint #11204392, filed 2019-04“The contact owns a 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL550. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 16v081000 (air bags) and 16v061000 (air bags). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.”
NHTSA complaint #10969721, filed 2017-03Related recalls
- 16V081000Feb 11, 2016Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 ML320 BlueTec 4Matic, GL320 BlueTec 4Matic and R320 CDI 4Matic, 2011 E350 Cabriolet…Covers: Mercedes-Benz GL550 2009–2012, C350 2006–2011, C300 2008–2011 +22 more
Related service bulletins
- 10235996Feb 26, 2016Additional information around the recent recall announcement affecting approximately 705,983 Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles involving Takata driver-side airbags containing…
- 10235978Feb 11, 2016Recall Campaign announcement for Takata driver airbags.
Air bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL550
1 complaintsElectrical system
1 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsBody and structure
1 complaintsWheels
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2012 Mercedes-Benz GL550
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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