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Recall · 26V481000

Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 28 models over latches/locks/linkages

310,667

Vehicles covered

28

Models

72

Model years

July 24, 2026

Filed with NHTSA

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK

The defect
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020-2021 CLA, 2019-2022 A-Class, 2022-2023 C-Class, 2024 CLE, 2020-2026 GLA/GLB, and 2023-2024 GLC vehicles. Please refer to MBUSA's recall report for specific model information. The micro-switch in the driver's door lock may corrode and fail to detect an open door, preventing the electronic parking brake or "Auto-Park" feature from engaging automatically. This may result in a vehicle rollaway.
What it can cause
A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of a crash or injury.
What the dealer does
Dealers will replace the driver's door lock, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 18, 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 July 31, 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-BenzA 2202019 to 2022201920202021
Mercedes-BenzA 220 4Matic2019 to 2022Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG A352020 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG C43 4Matic2023Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG CLA352020 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG CLA452020 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG CLE53 4Matic+2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLA 352024 to 2025Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLA352021 to 2023Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLA452021 to 2023Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLB352021 to 2025Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLB35 4Matic2026Not published here
Mercedes-BenzAMG GLC43 4Matic2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzC 3002022 to 202320222023
Mercedes-BenzC 300 4Matic2022 to 2023Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLA 2502020 to 20212020
Mercedes-BenzCLA 250 4Matic2020 to 2021Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLE 300 4Matic2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLE 300 4Matic Cabriolet2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLE 450 4Matic2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzCLE 450 4Matic Cabriolet2024Not published here
Mercedes-BenzGLA 2502021 to 202520212023
Mercedes-BenzGLA 250 4Matic2021 to 2025Not published here
Mercedes-BenzGLB 2502020 to 20262020202120222023
Mercedes-BenzGLB 250 4Matic2020 to 2026Not published here
Mercedes-BenzGLC 3002023 to 202420232024
Mercedes-BenzGLC 300 4Matic2023 to 202420232024
Mercedes-BenzGLC 300 4Matic Coupe2024Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 310,667 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% 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 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages 12 times before this, most recently in March 2026 as 26V134000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 19 of the 72 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 375 complaints with NHTSA, 361 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2019, 7 years before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 58 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V281000 (electrical system), 25V533000 (steering), 25V511000 (exterior lighting), 25V365000 (exterior lighting).

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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.

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Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC with NHTSA on July 24, 2026 as campaign 26V481000. 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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