Mercedes-Benz Amg E53, Mercedes-Benz Amg E63s, Mercedes-Benz E350, Mercedes-Benz E450, Mercedes-Benz E63 Amg, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 26 March 2021. 109 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 E350, E450, E450 Wagon, E63S AMG, 2020 E63S AMG Wagon, and 2020-2021 E53 AMG vehicles. The passenger seat limiter may allow the seat to be positioned too close 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: 2021040002. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V216 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 21V216 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53, Mercedes-Benz AMG E63S, Mercedes-Benz E350, Mercedes-Benz E450, Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2021 E350, E450, E450 Wagon, E63S AMG, 2020 E63S AMG Wagon, and 2020-2021 E53 AMG vehicles. The passenger seat limiter may allow the seat to be positioned too close to the air bag.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A seat too close to the air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the frontal passenger air bag.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the passenger seat limiter, free of charge. The recall began April 29, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021040002.
- 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 2021040002, 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: “A seat too close to the air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the frontal passenger air bag.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V216 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 March 2021 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG E63S, MERCEDES-BENZ E350, MERCEDES-BENZ E450, MERCEDES-BENZ E63 AMG |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A seat too close to the air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash necessitating the deployment of the frontal passenger air bag.
The remedy
MBUSA will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the passenger seat limiter, free of charge. The recall began April 29, 2021. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for this recall is 2021040002.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E53 recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG E63s recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E350 recalls: 17 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 21V216 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5df339fb - Consequence
d8326c88 - 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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