Recall · 22V231000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 10 models over electrical system
21,306
Vehicles covered
10
Models
15
Model years
April 8, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020-2022 GLE450, GLS450, 2021-2022 AMG GLE53, 2020-2021 GLE580, GLS580, 2021 AMG GLE63, Maybach GLS600 and AMG GLS63 vehicles. A ground cable bolt for the 48V ground connection under the front passenger seat may not be secured properly, which can cause the electrical cable to overheat.
- What it can cause
- An overheated electrical cable can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the ground cable bolt, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 8, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022040017.
- 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 GLE53 | 2021 to 2022 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLE63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLS63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE 450 | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE 580 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLS 450 | 2020 and 2022 | 2020 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLS 580 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLS450 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-BenzGLS580 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzMaybach GLS600 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 21,306 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 84% 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 2022, 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 41 times before this, most recently in March 2022 as 22V190000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 9 of the 15 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 160 complaints with NHTSA, 38 of them before this campaign was filed. 71 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 July 2019, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 35 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V724000 (electrical system), 24V207000 (electrical system), 24V118000 (power train), 23V880000 (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 April 8, 2022 as campaign 22V231000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2022-04-08.
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