Recall · 25V254000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 3 models over electronic stability control (esc)
6,247
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
April 17, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2025 G 550, G 580, and AMG G 63 vehicles. The vehicle's electronic stability program (ESP) may display an incorrect warning light during an ESP system failure. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems," and 101, "Control and Displays."
- What it can cause
- An incorrectly displayed warning light can fail to alert the driver to critical safety information, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the ESP control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 17, 2025. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2025050002.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) 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 G63 | 2025 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzG 550 | 2025 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-BenzG 580 | 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 6,247 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 76% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the electronic stability control (esc) 10 times before this, most recently in May 2024 as 24V316000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 25V711000 (forward collision avoidance).
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 April 17, 2025 as campaign 25V254000. 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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