Recall · 23V445000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 38 models over fuel system, gasoline
143,551
Vehicles covered
38
Models
76
Model years
June 26, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021-2023 C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, CLS, SL, GT, GLC, GLE, GLS, and G-Class vehicles. Please refer to MBUSA's recall report for specific vehicle details. The fuel pump may shutdown, which can result in a loss of drive power.
- What it can cause
- A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the fuel pump, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 14, 2024. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2023070012.
- 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 C43 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 S | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 S | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE53 | 2021 to 2022 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63 | 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63 S | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GT43 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GT53 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63 S | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG SL43 | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG SL55 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG SL63 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz C 300 | 2021 to 2023 | 202120222023 |
| Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz E 350 | 2021 to 2023 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz E 450 | 2022 to 2023 | 20222023 |
| Mercedes-Benz G 550 | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 | 2021 to 2023 | 202120222023 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 | 2021 to 2022 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 580 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 580 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS450 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS580 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz S 500 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz S 580 | 2021 to 2023 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-Benz S 580 E | 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S 580 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S 680 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 143,551 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 16,945 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 478. It covers model years 2021 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 14 times before this, most recently in March 2022 as 22V134000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 23 of the 76 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 462 complaints with NHTSA, 103 of them before this campaign was filed. 26 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2020, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 83 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V481000 (latches/locks/linkages), 25V533000 (steering), 25V365000 (exterior lighting), 25V379000 (structure).
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 June 26, 2023 as campaign 23V445000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2023-06-26.
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