Recall · 22V954000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 21 models over visibility
131,653
Vehicles covered
21
Models
77
Model years
December 23, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2001-2011 C-Class, CLK, E-Class, and CLS vehicles. Please refer to MBUSA's recall report for specific vehicle model details. The glass sunroof panel may not be properly secured and may detach.
- What it can cause
- A detached sunroof panel may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the sunroof panel as necessary free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 3, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall expands NHTSA recall number 19V-918. MBUSA's numbers for this recall are 2023010004, 2023010005, and 2023010006.
- 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 C230 | 2002 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz C240 | 2001 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz C280 | 2006 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz C320 | 2001 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz C350 | 2006 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz CLK320 | 2003 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz CLK350 | 2006 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz CLK500 | 2003 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz CLK550 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz CLS550 | 2006 to 2011 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz E320 | 2005 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz E500 | 2003 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz E550 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG C32 | 2002 to 2004 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG C55 | 2005 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK55 | 2003 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS55 | 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS63 | 2007 to 2011 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG E55 | 2003 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz E350 | 2006 to 2009 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 131,653 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% of the 16,500 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 479. It covers model years 2001 to 2011, so the oldest vehicles on it were 21 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 10 times before this, most recently in October 2021 as 21V832000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 59 of the 77 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 3,430 complaints with NHTSA, 3,259 of them before this campaign was filed. 82 of those name the visibility, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2001, 21 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 24V874000 (visibility), 22V168000 (exterior lighting), 21V196000 (visibility).
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 23, 2022 as campaign 22V954000. 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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