Recall · 20V671000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 5 models over seat belts
55,326
Vehicles covered
5
Models
7
Model years
October 30, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz AG USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 AMG GLE53, AMG GLE63, 2020 GLE580, 2020-2021 GLE350 and GLE450 vehicles with 5 passenger seating. While buckling the seat belt, the middle seat belt buckle could be pushed down into the gap below the seat cushion. If the buckle can't be retrieved, the buckle latch will be inoperable and unable to restrain an occupant.
- What it can cause
- An unrestrained occupant has an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will secure the middle seat belt buckle, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020110005.
- 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-BenzAMG GLE53 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLE63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE350 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE450 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE580 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 55,326 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 89% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, 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 seat belts 15 times before this, most recently in April 2020 as 20V228000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 6 of the 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 199 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 33 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V724000 (electrical system), 24V207000 (electrical system), 24V118000 (power train), 23V880000 (fuel system, gasoline).
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 30, 2020 as campaign 20V671000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-10-30.
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