Recall · 23V178000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 9 models over structure
70,225
Vehicles covered
9
Models
18
Model years
March 17, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2023 GLE350, GLE450, GLE580, GLS450, GLS580, Maybach GLS600, AMG GLE53, AMG GLE63 S, and AMG GLS63 vehicles. The rear door window trim bars may detach from the vehicle while driving.
- 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 May 5, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall is an expansion of previous recall number 22V-680. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023040011.
- 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 | 2022 to 2023 | 2022 |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63 S | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE350 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE450 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE580 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS450 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS580 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach GLS600 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 70,225 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 91% of the 16,682 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 482. It covers model years 2022 to 2023, 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 structure 32 times before this, most recently in December 2022 as 22V938000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 18 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 84 complaints with NHTSA, 10 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 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 March 2022, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 11 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 March 17, 2023 as campaign 23V178000. 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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