Recall · 24V445000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 4 models over electrical system
22,422
Vehicles covered
4
Models
16
Model years
June 14, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019-2021 CLS 53 4MATIC, 2019-2023 E 53 4MATIC Cabriolet, E 53 4MATIC Coupe, E 53 4MATIC Sedan, 2021-2024 GT 43 4MATIC, and 2019-2025 GT 53 4MATIC vehicles. The transmission wiring harness connection might not have been correctly wired during a prior recall repair, and during production. which can expose the electrical connector to corrosion, and result in an electrical short-circuit.
- What it can cause
- An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the two-part wiring harness and connector, free of charge. Interim letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed August 9, 2024. A second notice will be sent once the final remedy is available. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-877-496-3691. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2024100002/3. This recall supersedes recall 22V-533. Vehicles repaired under the prior recall will still need to have the new remedy performed.
- 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.safercar.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 | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG E53 | 2019 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GT43 | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG GT53 | 2019 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 22,422 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 84% 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 2023, 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 66 times before this, most recently in May 2024 as 24V372000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 16 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 17 complaints with NHTSA, 12 of them before this campaign was filed. 5 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 February 2019, 5 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 24 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V100000 (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 June 14, 2024 as campaign 24V445000. 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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