Recall · 24V207000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 11 models over electrical system
116,020
Vehicles covered
11
Models
34
Model years
March 15, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2023-2024 GLE 350, 2020-2024 GLE 450, 2020-2023 GLS 580, GLE 580, 2019-2023 GLS 450, 2021-2023 Maybach GLS 600, AMG GLS 63, 2021-2024 AMG GLE 53, AMG GLE 53 Coupe, and AMG GLE 63 S vehicles. A 48-Volt ground connection under the passenger seat may not be secured properly, resulting in the ground connection overheating.
- What it can cause
- An overheated ground connection can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the 48-Volt ground connection as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 3, 2024. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2024040002.
- 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 | 2021 to 2024 | 20212022 |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLE63 S | 2021 to 2024 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 | 2023 to 2024 | 2023 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 | 2020 to 2024 | 2020202120222024 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 580 | 2020 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 | 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 | 20192020 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS 580 | 2020, 2022 and 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS450 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLS580 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 116,020 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% of the 17,598 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 476. It covers model years 2019 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 61 times before this, most recently in March 2024 as 24V166000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 14 of the 34 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 226 complaints with NHTSA, 118 of them before this campaign was filed. 82 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 April 2019, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 37 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V724000 (electrical system), 24V118000 (power train), 24V117000 (vehicle speed control), 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 15, 2024 as campaign 24V207000. 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 2024-03-15.
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