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Recall · 26V281000

Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 35 models over electrical system

144,049

Vehicles covered

35

Models

61

Model years

May 1, 2026

Filed with NHTSA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

The defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2024-2026 AMG GT, C-Class, E-Class, SL, CLE, and GLC vehicles. The infotainment control unit may reset while the vehicle is in motion and cause the instrument panel display to go blank.
What it can cause
An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer and warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Dealers will update the infotainment control unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 29, 2026. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2026050004. 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 May 8, 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.

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 4Matic2025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S E 4Matic+2025Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S E Performance 4Matic+2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4Matic2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4Matic Cabriolet2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4Matic+2024 to 2025Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE53 4Matic+ Cabriolet2025Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 4Matic+2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 4Matic+ Wagon2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 E 4Matic+2025Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC432025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 4Matic Coupe2025Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 Coupe2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 S E 4Matic+2025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 S E 4Matic+ Coupe2025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT432026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG SL432026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG SL55 4Matic+2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG SL63 4Matic+2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz AMG SL63 S E Performance 4Matic+2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz C 3002025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz C 300 4Matic2025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz CLE 300 4Matic2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz CLE 300 4Matic Cabriolet2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz CLE 450 4Matic2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz CLE 450 4Matic Cabriolet2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz E 3502025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz E 350 4Matic2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz E 450 4Matic2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz E 450 4Matic ALL-Terrain2024 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz GLC 3002025 to 20262025
Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4Matic2025 to 202620252026
Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 4Matic Coupe2025 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E 4Matic2025 to 20262025
Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 4Matic+2026Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 144,049 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 19,513 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 473. It covers model years 2024 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 78 times before this, most recently in February 2026 as 26V073000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 61 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 51 complaints with NHTSA, 28 of them before this campaign was filed. 30 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 December 2024, 1 year before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V481000 (latches/locks/linkages), 26V172000 (seat belts), 25V533000 (steering), 25V379000 (structure).

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Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC with NHTSA on May 1, 2026 as campaign 26V281000. 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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