Recall · 22V680000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 12 models over structure
161,000
Vehicles covered
12
Models
19
Model years
September 12, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020-2022 GLE350, GLE450, GLS450, 2021-2022 AMG GLE53, 2020-2021 GLE580, GLS580, and 2021 GLE400e, AMG GLS63, AMG GLE63 S, and Maybach GLS600 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the rear door window trim bars may detach.
- What it can cause
- Detached trim bars may cause a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and secure the rear window trim bars, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 1, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022090010.
- 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-Benz AMG GLE53 | 2021 to 2022 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63 S | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 E | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 | 2020 to 2022 | 202020212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 580 | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 | 2020 and 2022 | 2020 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 580 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS450 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS580 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS600 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 161,000 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 16,234 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. 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 structure 29 times before this, most recently in July 2022 as 22V467000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 12 of the 19 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 336 complaints with NHTSA, 72 of them before this campaign was filed. 9 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2019, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 38 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 September 12, 2022 as campaign 22V680000. 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 2022-09-12.
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