Recall · 21V056000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 2 models over exterior lighting
8,199
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
February 5, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE350 and GLE450 vehicles. The lighting control unit may malfunction and cause the left exterior reverse light to remain illuminated after the transmission is shifted into a different gear. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
- What it can cause
- If the reverse light remains illuminated in a gear other than reverse, it may cause confusion about the driver's intention to other motorists, and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the lighting control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 10, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022050004.
- 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 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE450 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 8,199 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 17 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V775000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 115 complaints with NHTSA, 12 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the exterior lighting, 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 26 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V207000 (electrical system), 24V118000 (power train), 23V177000 (visibility), 22V680000 (structure).
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 February 5, 2021 as campaign 21V056000. 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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