Recall · 22V733000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 4 models over electrical system
19,968
Vehicles covered
4
Models
13
Model years
September 30, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2022 CLS450 Coupe and AMG E53, 2019-2021 AMG CLS53 Coupe, and 2021-2022 E450 vehicles. The 12-Volt battery in the trunk may not be properly secured, which, in the event of a crash, can cause electrical connection failure, disabling various safety features including, emergency call (eCall) system, electric seat adjustment, hazard warning lights, and automatic door locks.
- What it can cause
- The inability to operate safety features (eCall system, hazard lights, electric seats, or automatic door locks) can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will secure the 12V battery, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 20, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022100009.
- 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 CLS53 | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG E53 | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzCLS450 | 2019 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzE450 | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 19,968 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 2019 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 47 times before this, most recently in September 2022 as 22V678000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 7 of the 13 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 54 complaints with NHTSA, 20 of them before this campaign was filed. 19 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 February 2019, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V445000 (electrical system), 24V100000 (electrical system), 23V880000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V445000 (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 30, 2022 as campaign 22V733000. 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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