Recall · 20V627000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled the MERCEDES-BENZ GLE350 over power train
2
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
October 9, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE 350 vehicles. The connection of the locking ring between the front and rear part of the drive shaft might not have been installed correctly, possibly resulting in a loss of power transfer between the transfer case and the rear axle differential.
- What it can cause
- If the transfer case disconnects from the rear axle differential the vehicle could stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- The affected vehicles are still in dealer inventory, therefore no owners will be notified. Dealers will replace the drive shaft, free of charge. Both vehicles were repaired in December 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020100020.
- 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-BenzGLE350 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2 vehicles this is a small campaign: 98% 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 power train 15 times before this, most recently in June 2020 as 20V340000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 89 complaints with NHTSA, 6 of them before this campaign was filed. 6 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 other recalls published here, the newest being: 23V177000 (visibility), 22V680000 (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 October 9, 2020 as campaign 20V627000. 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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