Recall · 23V732000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 7 models over service brakes, hydraulic
42,742
Vehicles covered
7
Models
8
Model years
November 1, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2020 A220, 2020 CLA250, GLB250, AMG A35, AMG CLA45, AMG CLA35, and 2021 GLA250 vehicles. The vehicles may not be equipped with an inspection gauge to check the wear of the rear brake pads. In addition, information for using this inspection gauge might not be included in the owner's manual. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."
- What it can cause
- Driving with worn brake pads can reduce braking ability, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install an inspection gauge and provide supplemental owner's manual information, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on February 29, 2024. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
- 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-BenzA220 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG A35 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG CLA35 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG CLA45 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzCLA250 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLA250 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzGLB250 | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 42,742 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 88% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 14 times before this, most recently in May 2022 as 22V315000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 5 of the 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 152 complaints with NHTSA, 89 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2019, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 28 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V481000 (latches/locks/linkages), 22V365000 (electrical system), 22V232000 (back over prevention), 22V125000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 November 1, 2023 as campaign 23V732000. 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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