Mercedes-Benz Gle350, model year 2020. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 9 October 2020. 2 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE 350 vehicles. The connection of the locking ring between the front and rear part of the drive shaft might not have been installed correctly, possibly resulting in a loss of power transfer between the transfer case and the rear axle differential.
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: 2020100020. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V627 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 20V627 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz Gle350, model year 2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2020 GLE 350 vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the transfer case disconnects from the rear axle differential the vehicle could stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. The affected vehicles are still in dealer inventory, therefore no owners will be notified. Dealers will replace the drive shaft, free of charge. Both vehicles were repaired in December 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020100020.
- 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 2020100020, 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 transfer case disconnects from the rear axle differential the vehicle could stall, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V627 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Driveshaft |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 October 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2020 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ GLE350 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the transfer case disconnects from the rear axle differential the vehicle could stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
The affected vehicles are still in dealer inventory, therefore no owners will be notified. Dealers will replace the drive shaft, free of charge. Both vehicles were repaired in December 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020100020.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. 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
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 20V627, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v627/
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 20V627 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
734048c8 - Consequence
98b212e6 - 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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