Recall · 21V509000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 10 models over exterior lighting
1,467
Vehicles covered
10
Models
17
Model years
July 2, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2018-2020 C300, 2019-2020 A220, AMG C43, AMG C63, 2020 GLE580, GLB250, 2020-2021 GLE450, GLE350, 2021 AMG GLE63, and AMG GLE53 vehicles. The LED headlights may have been incorrectly adjusted during a vehicle repair. 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
- Incorrectly adjusted headlights may reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the LED headlights, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed August 13, 2021. A second notice will be sent once the remedy is available. Owner notification letters were mailed January 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
- 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-BenzA 220 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG C43 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG C63 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLE53 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLE63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzC 300 | 2018 to 2020 | 201820192020 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLB 250 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE 350 | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE 450 | 2020 to 2021 | 20202021 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE 580 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,467 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 62% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the exterior lighting 18 times before this, most recently in February 2021 as 21V056000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 14 of the 17 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 529 complaints with NHTSA, 102 of them before this campaign was filed. 6 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 June 2018, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 58 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V481000 (latches/locks/linkages), 24V724000 (electrical system), 24V207000 (electrical system), 24V118000 (power train).
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 July 2, 2021 as campaign 21V509000. 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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