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Recall · 22V315000

Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 15 models over service brakes, hydraulic

Do not drive until repaired. NHTSA issues this where it considers the risk immediate, and it stands until the repair is done.

350,294

Vehicles covered

15

Models

53

Model years

May 9, 2022

Filed with NHTSA

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM

The defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2006-2012 ML-Class, GL-Class, and R-Class vehicles. Please refer to MBUSA's recall report for specific vehicle model details. Moisture may accumulate and cause corrosion in the brake booster housing unit, which can result in reduced brake performance or brake failure.
What it can cause
Reduced brake performance or brake failure can increase the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the remedy has been performed. Dealers will remove the rubber sleeve, inspect the brake booster, and as necessary, replace the brake booster. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 30, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's numbers for this recall are 2022050014, 2022050015 2022090006, & 2022090007.
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 R632007Not published here
Mercedes BenzGL3202007 to 2009Not published here
Mercedes BenzGL3502010 to 2012201020112012
Mercedes BenzGL4502007 to 2012201020112012
Mercedes BenzGL5502008 to 201220112012
Mercedes BenzML3202007 to 2009Not published here
Mercedes BenzML3502006 to 201120102011
Mercedes BenzML4502010 to 2011Not published here
Mercedes BenzML5002006 to 2007Not published here
Mercedes BenzML5502008 to 2011Not published here
Mercedes BenzR3202007 to 2009Not published here
Mercedes BenzR5002006 to 2007Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG ML632007 to 2011Not published here
Mercedes-BenzR3502006 to 2012201020112012
Mercedes-BenzR5502008Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 350,294 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 97% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2006 to 2012, so the oldest vehicles on it were 16 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 13 times before this, most recently in March 2022 as 22V125000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 38 of the 53 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,494 complaints with NHTSA, 1,306 of them before this campaign was filed. 78 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2005, 16 years before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V298000 (service brakes, hydraulic).

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.

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Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC with NHTSA on May 9, 2022 as campaign 22V315000. 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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