Recall · 21V478000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled the MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT over power train
1,522
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
June 25, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016-2018 AMG GT vehicles. The bonding between the carbon-fiber driveshaft and the flange may be insufficient, which could result in driveshaft separation.
- What it can cause
- A separated driveshaft may cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the carbon-fiber driveshaft, as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed October 15, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021090008.
- 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.nhtsa.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 GT | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,522 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 63% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2016 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the power train 17 times before this, most recently in January 2021 as 21V033000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 21V058000 (electrical system).
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 25, 2021 as campaign 21V478000. 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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