Recall · 26V199000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 11 models over air bags
932
Vehicles covered
11
Models
11
Model years
March 27, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL:CUSHION
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2026 GLE 350 4MATIC, GLE 450 4MATIC, GLE 350, GLE 580 4MATIC, GLS 580 4MATIC, GLE 450 E 4MATIC, AMG GLE53 4MATIC, AMG GLS63 4MATIC, AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC, GLS 450 4MATIC, and GLS 600 4MATIC vehicles. The passenger air bag fabric may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended.
- What it can cause
- Air bags that do not deploy as intended during a crash increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 12, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 3, 2026.
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 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz AMG GLE63 S 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz AMG GLS63 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz GLE 350 | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz GLE 450E 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz GLE 580 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz GLS 450 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes Benz GLS 580 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 4Matic | 2026 | 2026 |
| Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 4Matic | 2026 | 2026 |
| Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4Matic | 2026 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 932 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 58% of the 19,431 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 473. It covers one model year, 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2026, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 50 times before this, most recently in February 2026 as 26V070000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 11 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V353000 (seat belts), 25V864000 (seat belts).
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 27, 2026 as campaign 26V199000. 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 2026-03-27.
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