Recall · 22V936000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 5 models over steering
69
Vehicles covered
5
Models
7
Model years
December 16, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021-2022 GLE350, GLE450, 2022 AMG GLE53, AMG GLE63, and GLS450 vehicles. The steering coupling locking screw may loosen and possibly detach from the steering gear, resulting in a loss of steering control.
- What it can cause
- A loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the steering coupling locking screw, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 27, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2022120016.
- 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 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GLE63 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE350 | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLE450 | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLS450 | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 69 vehicles this is a small campaign: 74% 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 model years 2021 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the steering 28 times before this, most recently in April 2022 as 22V214000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 7 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 125 complaints with NHTSA, 23 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 20 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 December 16, 2022 as campaign 22V936000. 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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