Recall · 26V638000
Mercedes-Benz USA recalled 6 models over service brakes, hydraulic
30,064
Vehicles covered
6
Models
21
Model years
October 2, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
- The defect
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2022-2025 S 500 4MATIC, Maybach S 580 4MATIC, Maybach S 680 4MATIC, S 580 4MATIC, 2023-2025 S 580 E 4MATIC, and 2024-2025 AMG S 63 E Performance vehicles. The front brake hoses may rupture and leak brake fluid.
- What it can cause
- A brake fluid leak can extend the distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the front brake hoses, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed November 27, 2026. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V116. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 9, 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 S 63 E 4Matic+ | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Benz S 500 4Matic | 2022 to 2025 | 2022 |
| Mercedes-Benz S 580 4Matic | 2022 to 2025 | 2022 |
| Mercedes-Benz S 580 E 4Matic | 2023 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S 580 4Matic | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Mercedes-Maybach S 680 4Matic | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 30,064 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,865 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 472. It covers model years 2022 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Mercedes-Benz vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 18 times before this, most recently in February 2025 as 25V116000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 21 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 46 complaints with NHTSA, 46 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2022, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 25V366000 (back over prevention), 25V255000 (electrical system).
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 October 2, 2026 as campaign 26V638000. 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 2026-10-02.
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