Mercedes-Benz A 220, Mercedes-Benz Amg A35, Mercedes-Benz Amg C43, Mercedes-Benz Amg C63, Mercedes-Benz Amg G63, Mercedes-Benz Amg Gt53, model years 2016 to 2020. Filed by Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 13 December 2021. 139 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019 AMG G63, C300, E300, G550, AMG GT63, AMG GT53, 2019-2020 A220, GLA250, GLC300, 2016 C300, 2020 AMG A35, AMG C43, AMG C63, CLA250, E350, E450, GLB250, GLE450, GLS450, GLS580, S560, and SL550 vehicles equipped with a gasoline engine. During the manufacturing …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 2022030003. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V961 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 21V961 cover?
- Mercedes-Benz A 220, Mercedes-Benz AMG A35, Mercedes-Benz AMG C43, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63, Mercedes-Benz AMG G63, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT53, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63, Mercedes-Benz C 300, model years 2016-2020.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) is recalling certain 2019 AMG G63, C300, E300, G550, AMG GT63, AMG GT53, 2019-2020 A220, GLA250, GLC300, 2016 C300, 2020 AMG A35, AMG C43, AMG C63, CLA250, E350, E450, GLB250, GLE450, GLS450, GLS580, S560, and SL550 vehicles equipped with a gasoline engine.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the fuel rail and fuel injectors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 22, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for the recall is 2022030003.
- 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 2022030003, 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 fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V961 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Gasoline:Fuel Injection System:Fuel Rail |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 December 2021 |
| Model years | 2016-2020 |
| Vehicles named | MERCEDES-BENZ A 220, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG A35, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C43, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG C63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG G63, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT53, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT63, MERCEDES-BENZ C 300, MERCEDES-BENZ C300, MERCEDES-BENZ CLA 250, MERCEDES-BENZ E 300, MERCEDES-BENZ E 350, MERCEDES-BENZ E 450, MERCEDES-BENZ G 550 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source, such as hot engine or exhaust components, can increase the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the fuel rail and fuel injectors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 22, 2022. Owners may contact MBUSA customer service at 1-800-367-6372. MBUSA's number for the recall is 2022030003.
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 470 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, gasoline. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 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 G63 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT53 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz AMG GT63 recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C 300 recalls: 46 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz C300 recalls: 26 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 250 recalls: 19 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 300 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 350 recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz E 450 recalls: 34 US campaigns
- Mercedes-Benz G 550 recalls: 19 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21V961, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v961/
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 21V961 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b04c9542 - Consequence
926bf2a0 - 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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