Recall · 20V364000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 3 models over engine and engine cooling
90
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
June 22, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 C300, E350, and GLC300 vehicles equipped with turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline engines. The screws that retain the turbocharger oil feed and return lines may not have been properly tightened, possibly resulting in an oil leak.
- What it can cause
- An oil leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine or exhaust components can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the turbocharger oil lines and tighten them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began August 17, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020070017.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 90 vehicles this is a small campaign: 71% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 8 times before this, most recently in February 2020 as 20V079000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 108 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 15 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V070000 (exterior lighting), 23V854000 (structure), 22V365000 (electrical system), 22V232000 (back over prevention).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. with NHTSA on June 22, 2020 as campaign 20V364000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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