Recall · 21V564000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled the MERCEDES-BENZ G550 over fuel system, gasoline
3
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
July 23, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019 G550 vehicles. The fuel tank may not have been welded properly during manufacturing, which could result in a fuel leak.
- What it can cause
- A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 3, 2021. 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-BenzG550 | 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 3 vehicles this is a small campaign: 97% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 10 times before this, most recently in September 2020 as 20V595000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V659000 (latches/locks/linkages), 23V097000 (electrical system), 22V365000 (electrical system), 21V961000 (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 July 23, 2021 as campaign 21V564000. 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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