Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc43, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc63, Mercedes-Benz Glc 300, Mercedes-Benz Glc 350 E, Mercedes-Benz Glc300, model years 2016 to 2018. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 1 October 2018. 4,702 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 and GLC300 4Matic, 2018 GLC350e and GLC63 AMG 4Matic and 2017-2018 GLC43 AMG 4Matic vehicles. The seat belt latch plates (the parts that insert into the buckles) for the outboard rear seats may retract into the interior paneling, …
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: 2018100002. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V683 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 18V683 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63, Mercedes-Benz GLC 300, Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E, Mercedes-Benz GLC300, model years 2016-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 and GLC300 4Matic, 2018 GLC350e and GLC63 AMG 4Matic and 2017-2018 GLC43 AMG 4Matic vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will install felt strips between the C-pillar and rear side paneling, free of charge. The recall began November 2, 2018. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2018100002.
- 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 2018100002, 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: “If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V683 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Roof And Pillars |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 October 2018 |
| Model years | 2016-2018 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC63, MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 300, MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 350 E, MERCEDES-BENZ GLC300 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the rear seat passengers cannot fasten their seat belts, they have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will install felt strips between the C-pillar and rear side paneling, free of charge. The recall began November 2, 2018. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2018100002.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 recalls: 27 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 recalls: 46 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 350 E recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLC300 recalls: 16 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V683, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v683/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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 18V683 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
a4d924c1 - Consequence
b8307b69 - 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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