Mercedes-Benz A 220, Mercedes-Benz Amg A35, Mercedes-Benz Amg C43, Mercedes-Benz Amg C63, Mercedes-Benz Amg Cla35, Mercedes-Benz Amg Cla45, model years 2016 to 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 5 February 2021. 1,292,258 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016 - 2021 CLA-Class, GLA-Class, GLE-Class, GLS-Class, SLC-Class, A-Class, GT-Class, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, CLS-Class, SL-Class, B-Class, GLB-Class, GLC-Class, and G-Class vehicles. Please refer to the Part 573 report for specific vehicle model details. The …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 2021020025. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V058 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 21V058 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz A 220, Mercedes-Benz AMG A35, Mercedes-Benz AMG C43, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63, Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla35, Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla45, Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS53, Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS63, model years 2016-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2016 - 2021 CLA-Class, GLA-Class, GLE-Class, GLS-Class, SLC-Class, A-Class, GT-Class, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, CLS-Class, SL-Class, B-Class, GLB-Class, GLC-Class, and G-Class vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and the communication module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. The recall began March 12, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021020025.
- 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 2021020025, 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: “Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V058 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Software |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 February 2021 |
| Model years | 2016-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ A 220, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG A35, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLA35, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLA45, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLS53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLS63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG G63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG G65, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLA35 |
This is not an ordinary campaign.
- The remedy is delivered over the air. There may be no garage visit, no invoice and no paper trail the owner ever sees, which is also why a later revision to the wording can pass unnoticed.
What the notice says today
The consequence
Failure of the eCall system may result in emergency responders being dispatched to the wrong location, increasing the risk of injury following a crash.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and the communication module software will be updated by a dealer, or through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. The recall began March 12, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-877-762-8267. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021020025.
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 A 220 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG A35 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 recalls: 31 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 recalls: 30 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla35 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla45 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS53 recalls: 17 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG CLS63 recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E43 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG G65 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gla35 recalls: 6 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 21V058, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v058/
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 21V058 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3650f43a - Consequence
949d8eae - 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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