Mercedes-Benz Amg Gle43, Mercedes-Benz Gle350, Mercedes-Benz Gle400, model year 2018. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 26 February 2021. 2,529 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2018 GLE350, GLE43 AMG, and GLE400 vehicles equipped with Continental tires. The affected tires were cured for too long during production.
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: 2021030008. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V123 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 21V123 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle43, Mercedes-Benz Gle350, Mercedes-Benz Gle400, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2018 GLE350, GLE43 AMG, and GLE400 vehicles equipped with Continental tires. The affected tires were cured for too long during production.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Over cured tires may develop a break in the sidewall, resulting in sudden air loss or belt edge separation which could lead to tread/belt loss. Either condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the tires, and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 23, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021030008.
- 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 2021030008, 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: “Over cured tires may develop a break in the sidewall, resulting in sudden air loss or belt edge separation which could lead to tread/belt loss. Either condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V123 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Tires |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 February 2021 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE43, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE350, MERCEDES-BENZ GLE400 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Over cured tires may develop a break in the sidewall, resulting in sudden air loss or belt edge separation which could lead to tread/belt loss. Either condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the tires, and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 23, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021030008.
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 455 notices in the record whose component field names tires. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle43 recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle350 recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Gle400 recalls: 9 US campaigns
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 21V123 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d4f25309 - Consequence
5f220c3c - 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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