Mercedes Benz C250, Mercedes Benz C300, Mercedes Benz C350, Mercedes Benz C63 Amg, Mercedes Benz E550, Mercedes Benz Glk250, model years 2009 to 2013. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 10 January 2018. 132,167 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2013 C250, C250 Coupe, C350 Coupe 4Matic, C300 4Matic, C350, C350 Coupe, C63 AMG, C63 Coupe, E350 Cabrio, E350 Coupe, E550 Cabrio, E350 Coupe 4Matic, E550 Coupe, GLK350 4Matic, GLK250 Bluetec 4Matic, GLK350, SLS Coupe, SLS AMG GT Coupe, and SLS Roadster vehicles …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V043 cover?
- Mercedes Benz C250, Mercedes Benz C300, Mercedes Benz C350, Mercedes Benz C63 AMG, Mercedes Benz E550, Mercedes Benz GLK250, Mercedes Benz GLK350, Mercedes Benz SLS, model years 2009-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2013 C250, C250 Coupe, C350 Coupe 4Matic, C300 4Matic, C350, C350 Coupe, C63 AMG, C63 Coupe, E350 Cabrio, E350 Coupe, E550 Cabrio, E350 Coupe 4Matic, E550 Coupe, GLK350 4Matic, GLK250 Bluetec 4Matic, GLK350, SLS Coupe, SLS AMG GT Coupe, and SLS...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module, free of charge. Mercedes issued an interim notification to owners on February 23, 2018. A second notice will be mailed when remedy parts are available.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V043 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 January 2018 |
| Model years | 2009-2013 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES BENZ C250, MERCEDES BENZ C300, MERCEDES BENZ C350, MERCEDES BENZ C63 AMG, MERCEDES BENZ E550, MERCEDES BENZ GLK250, MERCEDES BENZ GLK350, MERCEDES BENZ SLS, MERCEDES-BENZ C350, MERCEDES-BENZ E350 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module, free of charge. Mercedes issued an interim notification to owners on February 23, 2018. A second notice will be mailed when remedy parts are available. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-877-496-3691.
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 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz C250 recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C300 recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C350 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E550 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLK250 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLK350 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Mercedes Benz SLS recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E350 recalls: 17 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V043, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v043/
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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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 18V043 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d23eedcb - Consequence
e19b32de - 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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