Recall · 24V100000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 6 models over electrical system
12,191
Vehicles covered
6
Models
16
Model years
February 9, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021-2023 CLS450, E450, E450 All-Terrain, AMG E53, AMG GT43, AMG GT53, and 2021 AMG CLS53 vehicles. The 48-volt ground cable connection located in the engine compartment may not be tightened properly and may result in the ground cable overheating.
- What it can cause
- An overheated ground cable increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the 48-volt ground cable connection and repair it as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 22, 2024. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2024MMNNNN.
- 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-BenzAMG CLS53 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG E53 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GT43 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GT53 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzCLS450 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzE450 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 12,191 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 81% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 58 times before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V893000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 16 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA, 24 of them before this campaign was filed. 11 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in November 2020, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 18 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V445000 (electrical system), 23V880000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V574000 (electrical system), 23V445000 (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 February 9, 2024 as campaign 24V100000. 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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