Mercedes-Benz Amg Cla35, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gle53, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gle63 S, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gls63, Mercedes-Benz Cla 250, Mercedes-Benz Gle 350, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 14 February 2020. 2,101 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 CLA250, CLA250 4MATIC and CLA35 AMG 4MATIC, 2020-2021 GLE350, GLE350 4MATIC, GLE450 4MATIC, GLS450 4MATIC and GLS580 4MATIC and 2021 GLE53 AMG Coupe, GLE63S AMG 4MATIC, GLS63 AMG 4MATIC and Maybach GLS600 4MATIC vehicles. The instrument cluster software may …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 2020030019. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V089 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 20V089 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla35, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle53, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 S, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63, Mercedes-Benz Cla 250, Mercedes-Benz Gle 350, Mercedes-Benz Gle 450, Mercedes-Benz GLS 580, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 CLA250, CLA250 4MATIC and CLA35 AMG 4MATIC, 2020-2021 GLE350, GLE350 4MATIC, GLE450 4MATIC, GLS450 4MATIC and GLS580 4MATIC and 2021 GLE53 AMG Coupe, GLE63S AMG 4MATIC, GLS63 AMG 4MATIC and Maybach GLS600 4MATIC vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the interior switches are not illuminated, they may be more difficult to find and operate, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. The recall began March 31, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020030019.
- 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 2020030019, 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 interior switches are not illuminated, they may be more difficult to find and operate, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V089 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Instrument Cluster/Panel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 February 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLA35, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE63 S, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLS63, MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 250, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 350, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 450, MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 580, MERCEDES-BENZ GLS450, MERCEDES-BENZ GLS580, MERCEDES-BENZ MAYBACH GLS600 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the interior switches are not illuminated, they may be more difficult to find and operate, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. The recall began March 31, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020030019.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla35 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle53 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 S recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLS63 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 250 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 350 recalls: 41 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 450 recalls: 41 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS450 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz GLS580 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS600 recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V089, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v089/
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.
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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 20V089 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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6107e9d5 - 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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