Mercedes Benz Slk300, Mercedes-Benz Cla250, Mercedes-Benz Gla250, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 16 October 2015. 857 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (Mercedes-Benz) is recalling certain model year 2015 CLA250, CLA250 4Matic, GLA250, GLA250 4Matic, and 2016 SLK300 roadster vehicles manufactured July 17, 2015, to August 31, 2015. The affected vehicles have intake or exhaust camshafts whose welds may fail and possibly cause engine damage.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mercedes-Benz's own number for this recall: 2015100006. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V662 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V662 cover?
- Mercedes Benz SLK300, Mercedes-Benz Cla250, Mercedes-Benz Gla250, model years 2015-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (Mercedes-Benz) is recalling certain model year 2015 CLA250, CLA250 4Matic, GLA250, GLA250 4Matic, and 2016 SLK300 roadster vehicles manufactured July 17, 2015, to August 31, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Engine damage may result in a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Mercedes-Benz will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected camshafts, free of charge. Interim notices were mailed to owners on December 9, 2015. The recall began on December 23, 2015. Owners may contact Mercedes-Benz customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mercedes-Benz calls this recall 2015100006, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Engine damage may result in a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V662 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 October 2015 |
| Model years | 2015-2016 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES BENZ SLK300, MERCEDES-BENZ CLA250, MERCEDES-BENZ GLA250 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Engine damage may result in a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mercedes-Benz will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected camshafts, free of charge. Interim notices were mailed to owners on December 9, 2015. The recall began on December 23, 2015. Owners may contact Mercedes-Benz customer service at 1-800-367-6372. Mercedes-Benz's number for this recall is 2015100006.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V662, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v662/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- 26V073: 2023-2024 EQB 250+, 2022-2024 EQB 300 4MATIC, and EQB 350 4MATIC
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15V662 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
38ed0b6f - Consequence
82946bc1 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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