Mercedes-Benz Amg C43, Mercedes-Benz Amg C63, Mercedes-Benz Amg Cla45, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gla45, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc43, Mercedes-Benz Amg Glc63, model years 2014 to 2020. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 19 March 2021. 15,096 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2017-2020 C300 Coupe, C43 Coupe AMG, C43 AMG, 2015-2020 C300, GLA250, 2016-2018 C350e, CLA45 Coupe AMG, 2015 C400, S65 AMG, 2015-2019 C63 AMG, 2016 C450, 2015-2016 GLA45 AMG, S600, 2016-2020 GLC300, 2017-2019 GLC43 AMG, GLE43 Coupe AMG, 2014-2019 CLA250 Coupe, …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 2021070010. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V197 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 21V197 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C43, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63, Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla45, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gla45, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43, Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle43, Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63, model years 2014-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2017-2020 C300 Coupe, C43 Coupe AMG, C43 AMG, 2015-2020 C300, GLA250, 2016-2018 C350e, CLA45 Coupe AMG, 2015 C400, S65 AMG, 2015-2019 C63 AMG, 2016 C450, 2015-2016 GLA45 AMG, S600, 2016-2020 GLC300, 2017-2019 GLC43 AMG, GLE43 Coupe AMG, 2014-2019...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Mercedes-Benz dealer will remove the bonded panel and will install a new front panel by following the detailed repair instructions and using the approved primer, cleaner and adhesive, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 3, 2021 and October 26, 2021.
- 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 2021070010, 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: “The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V197 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Roof And Pillars |
| Reported to NHTSA | 19 March 2021 |
| Model years | 2014-2020 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG CLA45, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLA45, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLC63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GLE63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG S63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG S65, MERCEDES-BENZ C 300, MERCEDES-BENZ C 350 E, MERCEDES-BENZ C300, MERCEDES-BENZ C350E |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The adhesive bonding of the front panel might deteriorate, possibly causing the front panel to detach from the vehicle and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mercedes-Benz dealer will remove the bonded panel and will install a new front panel by following the detailed repair instructions and using the approved primer, cleaner and adhesive, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 3, 2021 and October 26, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C43 recalls: 31 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 recalls: 30 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Cla45 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gla45 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC43 recalls: 27 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC63 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle43 recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG Gle63 recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG S63 recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG S65 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C 300 recalls: 46 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C 350 E recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C300 recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C350e recalls: 6 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 21V197 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2a9b9b26 - Consequence
3780dd70 - 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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