Mercedes-Benz Amg E53, Mercedes-Benz Amg E63, Mercedes-Benz E350, Mercedes-Benz E450, Mercedes-Benz E63 Amg, model years 2019 to 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 30 October 2020. 1,337 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 E350 and E450, 2019-2021 AMG E53 and 2020-2021 AMG E63 vehicles. The front passenger seat may be missing the mechanical seat adjustment range limit stop, allowing the seat to move outside of the acceptable range in relation to the air bag.
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: 2020110013. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V673 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 20V673 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53, Mercedes-Benz AMG E63, Mercedes-Benz E350, Mercedes-Benz E450, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, model years 2019-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 E350 and E450, 2019-2021 AMG E53 and 2020-2021 AMG E63 vehicles. The front passenger seat may be missing the mechanical seat adjustment range limit stop, allowing the seat to move outside of the acceptable range in relation to the air bag.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the front passenger seat is adjusted beyond the acceptable range in relation to the air bag, there could be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash with air bag deployment.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect for the mechanical seat adjustment range limitation for the front passenger seat and install it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-368-6372.
- 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 2020110013, 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 front passenger seat is adjusted beyond the acceptable range in relation to the air bag, there could be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash with air bag deployment.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V673 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 October 2020 |
| Model years | 2019-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E63, MERCEDES-BENZ E350, MERCEDES-BENZ E450, MERCEDES-BENZ E63 AMG |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the front passenger seat is adjusted beyond the acceptable range in relation to the air bag, there could be an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash with air bag deployment.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect for the mechanical seat adjustment range limitation for the front passenger seat and install it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 18, 2020. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-368-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2020110013.
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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E350 recalls: 17 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 20V673, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v673/
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 20V673 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
e7ae0edc - Consequence
e8160d60 - 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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