Recall · 24V874000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 23 models over visibility
33,456
Vehicles covered
23
Models
82
Model years
November 19, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2001-2011 C-Class, CLK, E-Class, and CLS vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models and model years. The glass sunroof panel may not be properly secured and can detach.
- What it can cause
- A detached sunroof panel can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the sunroof panel as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 10, 2025. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall is an expansion of previous NHTSA recall number 22V-954. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2024120001/2/3.
- 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 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 E53 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzC230 | 2002 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzC240 | 2001 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzC280 | 2006 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzC320 | 2001 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzC350 | 2006 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLK320 | 2003 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLK350 | 2006 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLK500 | 2003 to 2007 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLK550 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLS500 | 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzCLS550 | 2007 to 2011 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzE320 | 2003 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzE500 | 2003 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes BenzE550 | 2007 to 2009 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG C32 | 2002 to 2004 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG C55 | 2005 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG CLK55 | 2003 to 2005 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG CLS55 | 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG CLS63 | 2007 to 2011 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG E55 | 2003 to 2006 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzAMG E63 | 2007 to 2008 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzE350 | 2006 to 2009 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 33,456 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2001 to 2011, so the oldest vehicles on it were 23 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the visibility 18 times before this, most recently in March 2024 as 24V170000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 61 of the 82 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 3,896 complaints with NHTSA, 3,836 of them before this campaign was filed. 89 of those name the visibility, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2001, 23 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 22V954000 (visibility), 22V168000 (exterior lighting), 21V196000 (visibility).
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 19, 2024 as campaign 24V874000. 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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