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Recall · 21V527000

Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 13 models over air bags

542

Vehicles covered

13

Models

15

Model years

July 12, 2021

Filed with NHTSA

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:SIDE IMPACT

The defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 CLS450, AMG E53, AMG CLS53, E350, E450, AMG GT43, AMG GT53, 2020 S450, S560, G550, AMG GLC63, 2020-2021 GLC300, and AMG G63 vehicles. The side crash sensor connectors may come loose, which could delay the activation of air bags and seatbelts during a side impact crash.
What it can cause
Air bags and seatbelts that don't function as intended can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
What the dealer does
Dealers will inspect and replace as necessary, the side impact crash sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 3, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021070032/33.
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 .

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
Mercedes-BenzAMG CLS532021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG E532021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG G632020 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLC632020Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GT432021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GT532021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLS 4502021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzE 35020212021
Mercedes-BenzE 4502021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzG 5502020Not published here
Mercedes-BenzGLC 3002020 to 202120202021
Mercedes-BenzS 4502020Not published here
Mercedes-BenzS 5602020Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 542 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 51% 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, 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 air bags 38 times before this, most recently in May 2021 as 21V405000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 15 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 154 complaints with NHTSA, 18 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2020, 1 year before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 34 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V659000 (latches/locks/linkages), 24V445000 (electrical system), 24V100000 (electrical system), 24V070000 (exterior lighting).

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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.

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Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC with NHTSA on July 12, 2021 as campaign 21V527000. 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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