Recall · 23V360000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 5 models over electronic stability control (esc)
7,558
Vehicles covered
5
Models
5
Model years
May 19, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022 EQS 450, EQS 580, 2023 Maybach S 580, Maybach S 680, and S 580e vehicles. The electronic stability program (ESP) software may malfunction, which can result in disabled vehicle dynamics control systems, including the anti-lock brake system, acceleration slip regulation, electronic stability program, and electronic brake force distribution (ABS, ASR, ESP, and EBD), as well as a vehicle speed display failure.
- What it can cause
- Disabled vehicle dynamics control systems, including ABS, ASR, ESP, and EBD, and a vehicle speed display failure can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the ESP control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 23, 2023. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023060004.
- 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 EQS450 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz EQS580 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz S580E | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S580 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S680 | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 7,558 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 78% of the 16,859 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 479. 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 electronic stability control (esc) 7 times before this, most recently in September 2022 as 22V679000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 5 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA, 10 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2022, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 18 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V366000 (back over prevention), 25V116000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V704000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V115000 (electrical system).
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 May 19, 2023 as campaign 23V360000. 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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