Recall · 22V098000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled the MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 350 over electrical system
6
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
February 18, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE 350 vehicles. The wiring harness connected to the prefuse box in the engine compartment might not be properly secured, which could deactivate fused components, such as power steering assist, headlights, and wipers.
- What it can cause
- Driving with inoperable power steering assist, headlights, or wipers can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the prefuse box, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 8, 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-BenzGLE 350 | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 6 vehicles this is a small campaign: 94% 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, 2020, 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 electrical system 38 times before this, most recently in December 2021 as 21V972000. 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 89 complaints with NHTSA, 15 of them before this campaign was filed. 22 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 19 other recalls published here, the newest being: 23V177000 (visibility), 22V680000 (structure), 22V365000 (electrical system), 22V232000 (back over prevention).
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 18, 2022 as campaign 22V098000. 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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