Recall · 22V935000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled the MERCEDES-BENZ S500 over structure
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Vehicles covered
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Model
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Model years
December 16, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling one 2022 S 500 vehicle. The dashboard may be insufficiently attached, which can result in an improper front passenger air bag deployment in the event of a crash.
- What it can cause
- Improper deployment of an air bag can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace a portion of the dashboard, free of charge. The owner notification letter was mailed January 20, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023010001.
- 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-BenzS500 | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1 vehicle this is a small campaign: 100% 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, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2022, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the structure 30 times before this, most recently in September 2022 as 22V680000. 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 20 complaints with NHTSA, 3 of them before this campaign was filed. 3 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V116000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 23V880000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V445000 (fuel system, gasoline), 22V194000 (suspension).
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 December 16, 2022 as campaign 22V935000. 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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