Mercedes-Benz Amg Cls53, Mercedes-Benz Amg E53, Mercedes-Benz Amg E63s, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc43, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc63, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc63s, model years 2018 to 2019. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 1 November 2019. 29,720 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2018 E400 Wagon 4MATIC, E400 4MATIC, E43 AMG 4MATIC, 2018-2019 E63S AMG 4MATIC Wagon, E63 AMG 4MATIC Wagon, E300, E300 4MATIC, GLC63S Coupe AMG 4MATIC, 2019 CLS450, CLS450 4MATIC, CLS53 AMG 4MATIC, E450 Wagon, E53 AMG 4MATIC, GLC300, GLC63 AMG Coupe 4MATIC, G550 …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 2020020017. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19V788 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 19V788 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS53, Mercedes-Benz AMG E53, Mercedes-Benz AMG E63S, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63, Mercedes-Benz AMG Glc63S, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 63, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63, model years 2018-2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2018 E400 Wagon 4MATIC, E400 4MATIC, E43 AMG 4MATIC, 2018-2019 E63S AMG 4MATIC Wagon, E63 AMG 4MATIC Wagon, E300, E300 4MATIC, GLC63S Coupe AMG 4MATIC, 2019 CLS450, CLS450 4MATIC, CLS53 AMG 4MATIC, E450 Wagon, E53 AMG 4MATIC, GLC300, GLC63 AMG...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The electric PRE-SAFE®-function and the seat belt pretensioners may not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat belt buckles, replacing them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 13, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020020017.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 2020020017, 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: “The electric PRE-SAFE®-function and the seat belt pretensioners may not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19V788 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Seat Belts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 November 2019 |
| Model years | 2018-2019 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLS53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E63S, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC63S, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT 63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT63, MERCEDES-BENZ CLS 450, MERCEDES-BENZ E 300, MERCEDES-BENZ E 400, MERCEDES-BENZ E 450, MERCEDES-BENZ E43 AMG, MERCEDES-BENZ G 550 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The electric PRE-SAFE®-function and the seat belt pretensioners may not deploy during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat belt buckles, replacing them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 13, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020020017.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS53 recalls: 17 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E63s recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 recalls: 27 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Glc63s recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 63 recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63 recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 300 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 400 recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 450 recalls: 34 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz G 550 recalls: 19 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 19V788, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v788/
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 19V788 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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c9c1ff7a - 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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